Space Station Mission Operations Engineer II

Vast; City of Long Beach (NY); On-site; USD 112,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Generous PTO

401(k)

Equity

Onsite meal perks

Job summary

Vast seeks a Level 2 Mission Operations Engineer in Long Beach to plan and execute crew operations training and certification for Haven-1 missions. You will develop training for crew and flight controllers, run simulations, and collaborate across engineering teams to ensure readiness for autonomous and crewed spaceflight operations.

The role emphasizes human-in-the-loop testing, safety-critical system operations, and seamless integration with mission management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, software engineering, or other engineering discipline.
• 1+ years working in human factors engineering or safety-critical environments.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with other engineering disciplines.
• Strong communication, technical writing, and presentation skills.
• Willing to support 24/7 operations during mission critical phases.

Responsibilities

• Develop training materials for crew and flight controllers for Haven-1.
• Create training materials for subsystems and flight controllers.
• Assist simulations, including scripting, testing and troubleshooting.
• Plan end-to-end training flows and certification readiness for astronauts and crew.
• Develop scalable human-in-the-loop testing processes for verification and validation.
• Execute task analysis and testing for crew operations and procedures.
• Support as SME on human operation of safety-critical systems across engineering disciplines.
• Provide operational support for pre-flight testing and readiness campaigns.
• Collaborate with Mission Management to translate requirements into a Concept of Operations.
• Work with engineers to develop training programs and procedures for ground and space systems.
• Identify improvements to training systems and ground software; test and deploy.

Skills

Human spaceflight ops

Cross-functional collab

Technical writing

Critical thinking

Communication

Programming basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Git

C++

Golang

Markdown

Javascript

React

Matlab

Python/Octave

Databases

Cloud

Job description

Vast seeks a Level 2 Mission Operations Engineer in Long Beach to plan and execute crew operations training and certification for Haven-1 missions. You will develop training for crew and flight controllers, run simulations, and collaborate across engineering teams to ensure readiness for autonomous and crewed spaceflight operations.

The role emphasizes human-in-the-loop testing, safety-critical system operations, and seamless integration with mission management.