Flight-Ready Fluid Systems Build Reliability Engineer

Vast; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Equity

Onsite meals

Job summary

Vast is seeking a Build Reliability Engineer (Fluid Systems) in Long Beach to ensure reliability of flight avionics hardware across the product lifecycle. You will collaborate across design, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and mission assurance to establish robust verification plans and readiness criteria for flight hardware, enabling safe, high-quality space systems.

The role involves leading containment, data-driven analysis, and corrective actions, with exposure to cost-of-quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in manufacturing, design, quality, reliability, or related roles.
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Excellent communication and technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Own Build Reliability for avionics hardware and work centers, setting expectations for reliability, manufacturability, and build and flight readiness.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Mission Assurance leadership to ensure robust, scalable quality and verification plans across the product lifecycle, with lessons consistently carried across programs.
• Define readiness criteria, including process qualification, manufacturability, and inspectability, and drive retirement of build risks through production ramp-up.
• Drive maturation of internal avionics production processes, ensuring documentation, equipment, tooling, process controls, data collection, and training support.
• Lead containment and root-cause investigation of high-impact Avionics-related issues, and ensure corrective actions addressing root cause across Vast.
• Lead major cost of quality reduction initiatives through simplification of requirements, clearer design standards, streamlined inspection and process validation steps, and strengthened process controls.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Technical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Vast is seeking a Build Reliability Engineer (Fluid Systems) in Long Beach to ensure reliability of flight avionics hardware across the product lifecycle. You will collaborate across design, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and mission assurance to establish robust verification plans and readiness criteria for flight hardware, enabling safe, high-quality space systems.

The role involves leading containment, data-driven analysis, and corrective actions, with exposure to cost-of-quality