Senior Space Hardware Build Reliability Engineer

Vast; City of Long Beach (NY); On-site; USD 137,760 - 195,552; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) retirement plan

Onsite meals & snacks

Job summary

Vast seeks a Senior/Staff Build Reliability Engineer (Integration) in Long Beach to support vehicle integration and test operations across the product lifecycle. You will own reliability, partner with multiple teams, and drive readiness criteria for flight hardware.

Responsibilities include defining processes, reducing risk, maturing testing workflows, and mentoring teams to elevate reliability capabilities across Vast.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own Build Reliability for vehicle integration and test work centers.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Mission Assurance leadership to ensure robust, scalable quality and verification plans.
• Define integration readiness criteria—process qualification, manufacturability and assembly, inspectability—and drive risk retirement through production ramp-up.
• Mature integration and test processes with documentation, tooling, data collection and training support.
• Lead containment and root-cause investigation of high-impact vehicle issues and implement corrective actions across Vast.

Skills

Quality systems

Reliability engineering

RCA

FMEA

SPC

Six Sigma Black Belt

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

ISO 9001

AS9100

Job description

Vast seeks a Senior/Staff Build Reliability Engineer (Integration) in Long Beach to support vehicle integration and test operations across the product lifecycle. You will own reliability, partner with multiple teams, and drive readiness criteria for flight hardware.

Responsibilities include defining processes, reducing risk, maturing testing workflows, and mentoring teams to elevate reliability capabilities across Vast.