Vast develops commercial space stations to support sustained human activity, research, and manufacturing in low-Earth orbit and beyond.
<div class="content-intro"><p>At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.</p></div><p>Vast is looking for a<strong> Radiation Effects Engineer</strong>, reporting to the<strong> Senior Manager, EMI-EMC & Radiation Effects, </strong>to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. </p> <p>This will be a <strong>full-time</strong>, <strong>non-exempt</strong> position located in our <strong>Long Beach</strong> location. </p> <p><strong>Responsibilities: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Coordinate and oversee proton beam and heavy ion tests in support of Vast avionics development.</li> <li>Guide the development of Radiation Effects and survivability requirements for Vast spacecraft.</li> <li>Guide the derivation and distribution of in space environmental requirements.</li> <li>Tailor industry standards such as EEE-INST-002 and NASA 8739.11 for Vast spacecraft and missions.</li> <li>Ensure the Radiation Effects team meets project deadlines and company objectives.</li> <li>Foster a strong interdisciplinary relationship with other teams that rely on the Radiation Effects team to be successful.</li> <li>Exemplify a culture of excellence, extreme ownership, and safety. Enable engineers to take responsibility for the system level impact of their work.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Minimum Qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering, physics, or related discipline.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred Skills & Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>1+ years of experience working in Radiation Effects or similar role.</li> <li>Ms or PhD in electrical engineering, physics, or related discipline.</li> <li>Experience with radiation shielding analysis and tools such as FASTRAD.</li> <li>Experience with radiation environments modeling and dose analysis and tools such as SPENVIS, OMERE.</li> <li>Experience with in space charging for spacecraft, plasma, and atomic oxygen.</li> <li>Prior experience in an electronics, semiconductors, or electrical systems design role.</li> <li>Experience with software development in Matlab, Python, etc.</li> <li>Experience with computer architecture & design.</li> <li>Experience developing infrastructure for radiation test (procedures, reporting, equipment, etc).</li> <li>Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Additional Requirements:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.</li> <li>Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Pay range:</strong></p> <p>Radiation Effects Engineer I: $93,480-$132,696</p> <p>Radiation Effects Engineer II: $120,540-$171,108</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Pay Range: California</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$93,480</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$171,108 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p style="line-height: 1;"><strong>COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS<br></strong><br>Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks. We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.</p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><strong><br>U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS<br><br></strong>The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/section-120.62">22 C.F.R. § 120.62</a> or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.<br><br></p> <p style="line-height: 1;"><strong>EQUAL OPPORTUNITY</strong><br><br>Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, nation