Vast
Mission Assurance Engineer
Long Beach, California, United StatesFrom $267.7kfull-timemidAdded 2 days ago
About this role
Vast seeks a Mission Assurance Engineer to oversee flight readiness, risk management, and safety protocols for next-generation commercial space stations. You'll coordinate launch operations, lead anomaly investigations, and build a safety-first culture while interfacing with technical and executive teams.
What you'll do
- Coordinate launch readiness and verify systems are flight-ready
- Identify, assess, and drive closure of technical risks with leadership communication
- Support technical reviews of software, hardware, and operations products
- Lead real-time anomaly investigations and root cause analysis with corrective action tracking
- Verify testing completion and review activities
- Coordinate mission data review and establish safety culture
What they're looking for
- System safety and reliability engineering
- Risk management and hazard analysis
- Technical leadership and influence
- Engineering drawing and schematic interpretation
- Written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
- Cross-functional collaboration across engineering disciplines
- Change management and certification processes
- Systems engineering methodologies
Benefits
- Company equity
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 20+ days vacation for exempt staff with annual cash-out option
- Paid parental leave and disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Free meals, snacks, coffee, and ClassPass credits
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Vast
Vast develops Haven-1, a human-rated space station, and is hiring design reliability engineers across thermal, structures, propulsion, and avionics systems to ensure safe operations, as well as construction project engineers to support the station's development and construction.
- Website
- vast.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience with hazard analysis and risk assessment in a safety-critical program.
- How have you led cross-functional teams to resolve technical disagreements on safety or mission-critical issues?