Mission Integration Engineer — Space Station Systems

Telemetry Today LLC; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Equity

401(k)

Paid time off

Meals on site

Job summary

Vast in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Mission Integration Engineer to lead end-to-end integration of customer payloads onto the spacecraft.

You will serve as the primary technical interface between the customer and internal engineering teams, translating requirements into actionable plans and ensuring all interfaces—mechanical, electrical, thermal, software, and operations—are defined, verified, and closed on schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the customer's primary technical point of contact throughout the mission lifecycle, leading technical interchange meetings, working groups, and formal reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, MRR)
• Develop and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and requirements documents; manage requirement decomposition, allocation, and verification closure
• Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams (structures, power, avionics, thermal, software, GNC, operations) to resolve integration issues and drive trades to closure
• Own the mission integration schedule, tracking deliverables, milestones, and critical path items on both customer and internal sides
• Plan and oversee payload integration and test campaigns, including fit checks, functional testing, and environmental test support
• Manage technical risk: identify, document, and drive disposition of integration risks, non-conformances, and waivers
• Support launch vehicle integration activities and interface coordination (e.g., ICD compliance, coupled loads analysis inputs, range documentation)
• Ensure compliance with export control (ITAR/EAR) requirements in all customer data exchanges

Skills

Aerospace experience

Space planning procedures

ERP software navigation

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Floor plan interpretation

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

ERP software

Job description

Vast in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Mission Integration Engineer to lead end-to-end integration of customer payloads onto the spacecraft.

You will serve as the primary technical interface between the customer and internal engineering teams, translating requirements into actionable plans and ensuring all interfaces—mechanical, electrical, thermal, software, and operations—are defined, verified, and closed on schedule.