Senior Electronic Parts Engineer — Space Station

Vast

Long Beach (CA)

On-site

USD 112,000 - 230,000

Full time

8 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Company equity
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid time off and vacation

Job summary

Vast, based in Long Beach, California, is seeking a Senior Electronic Parts Engineer to support the design and build of human-rated space stations and high-power satellite buses. You will lead parts control, advise on part selection, and ensure reliability across aerospace programs.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain, apply standards such as EEE-INST-002 and NASA-STD-8739.11, and travel up to 10% as needed, while contributing to a culture of safety and excellence.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering, physics, material science, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline and 5+ years of experience working in an engineering role
  • Or Associate’s Degree in related discipline and 12 years of relevant experience
  • Deep understanding of electronics piece parts for space applications

Responsibilities

  • Develop, deploy, and operate Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (EEE or Triple-E) Parts Control Plan for Vast’s human-rated space station and high-power satellite bus programs
  • Tailor from industry standards such as EEE-INST-002, NASA-STD-8739.11, etc. for balancing high reliability, low cost, and development rate of Vast avionics products
  • Manage Vast EEE Parts Database for vendor/part screening and part qualification, and monitor against industry standard resources such as GIDEP, SiliconExpert, Z2Data, etc
  • Advise design engineers on electronic part selection and design for reliability, such as FMECA/PFMECA and reliability design of experiments
  • Support component failure analysis through processes such as NDA, DPA, X-Ray, CT Scan, SEM, Cross-Sectioning, etc
  • Foster a strong interdisciplinary relationship with other teams that rely on the Electronic Parts team to be successful across Vast Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain
  • Exemplify a culture of excellence, extreme ownership, and safety

Skills

Space electronics knowledge
MATLAB
Python
Electronic parts design
Radiation test knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering, physics, material science, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline
Associate’s Degree in related discipline
Master’s Degree or PhD in electrical engineering, physics, material science, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline

Tools

GIDEP
SiliconExpert
Z2Data

Job description

Vast, based in Long Beach, California, is seeking a Senior Electronic Parts Engineer to support the design and build of human-rated space stations and high-power satellite buses. You will lead parts control, advise on part selection, and ensure reliability across aerospace programs.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain, apply standards such as EEE-INST-002 and NASA-STD-8739.11, and travel up to 10% as needed, while contributing to a culture of safety and excellence.

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