Space Station Fluid Systems Test Engineer

Vast; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Onsite meals and snacks

Job summary

Vast is seeking an Integration Engineer, Fluid Systems Test in Long Beach, CA to help develop human-rated vehicle processes as Haven-1 transitions from design to a flight-ready station.

You will drive the development and execution of test plans for fluids, instrumentation, and high-pressure testing, act as test director, and produce technical documentation. Senior level responsibilities include mentoring engineers and technicians and collaborating across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing or related field.
• Experience with manufacturing engineering across multiple work centers and/or departments, fluid, pressurized, propulsion or environmental control hardware in design, manufacturing or test.
• Hands-on fabrication, assembly and/or integration experience; CAD proficiency (NX preferred).

Responsibilities

• Own design, build, and commissioning of fluid system GSE and test stands.
• Develop clear and robust test plans for on-vehicle checkouts, fluids, instrumentation, and high‑pressure testing.
• Act as test director, providing status updates and leading handoff meetings.
• Conduct PDRs, CDRs, and TRRs before design and test execution.
• Produce professional documentation including mechanical, fluid, and instrumentation schematics.
• Document non-conformances and collaborate with the quality team on root cause corrective actions.
• Adhere to, enforce, and improve test processes and best practices.
• Collaborate with distributed engineering organizations to define test plans, requirements, and schedules.
• Partner with engineers, SMEs, and technicians to solve complex fluid system problems.
• Senior Level: Mentor engineers and technicians on the team.

Skills

Hands-on hardware testing

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, electrical engineering, physics, mathematics or related field

Tools

NX CAD

Teamcenter PLM

ANSYS or similar

Job description

Vast is seeking an Integration Engineer, Fluid Systems Test in Long Beach, CA to help develop human-rated vehicle processes as Haven-1 transitions from design to a flight-ready station.

You will drive the development and execution of test plans for fluids, instrumentation, and high-pressure testing, act as test director, and produce technical documentation. Senior level responsibilities include mentoring engineers and technicians and collaborating across distributed teams.