Integration Engineer, Avionics Test
Integration Engineer at Vast (Long Beach, CA) who develops and executes avionics test campaigns for artificial-gravity human-rated space stations — writing and running test procedures on flight hardware, directing test events, and dispositioning nonconformances. Key tools/skills: avionics systems knowledge, test planning, plus familiarity with Linux and Python.
- Compensation
- $112.3K–$230.5K / yr
- Location
- Long Beach, California, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, aerospace, electrical, or similar field
- Hands-on hardware integration and testing experience
- Experience writing test plans, procedures, and providing go/no-go judgment and rationale
- System-level understanding of an avionics subsystem
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted
Nice to have
- Experience with flight hardware
- System-level understanding of many avionics subsystems
- Experience with the build, assembly, integration, or test of complex assemblies and systems
- Familiarity with Linux and Python environments
- Ability to make independent judgments with limited information, including non-conforming flight hardware
- Experience planning and executing vehicle level system verifications
- Experience deriving and challenging requirements to drive product maturity
- Comfortable working in a high-stress environment balancing several projects with flexibility for abrupt strategic changes
Full description
Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure using an incremental, hardware-rich, and low-cost approach. Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches in 2027, followed by additional Haven modules. Additionally, the company recently announced Vast Satellite, a high-power satellite product line leveraging its space station components and the heritage of Haven Demo.
Headquartered in Long Beach, California, and with more than 1,000 employees and over a billion dollars in private capital, Vast has built the facilities required to manufacture and operate America’s next space station. The company plans to develop future habitats and systems for the Moon and Mars, dedicated space stations for government partners, and other crewed systems that will unlock the expanding long-term space economy.
Vast is looking for a Integration Engineer, Avionics Test, reporting to the Sr.Manager, Integration, to support the development of the systems required for the build and test of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.
This will be a full-time, exempt position in our LongBeach location.
As a Integration Test Engineer, you will develop and execute avionics test campaigns. You will cover a broad scope of electrical systems taking them through procedure development, execution on the flight vehicle, and nonconformance resolution. These seemingly simple tests often require creative solutions that require first-principles thinking. Your work will be vital in transitioning the space station from a design to a built and tested station ready to host humans in space.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, execute, and maintain test procedures for flight hardware
- Evaluate if testing processes meet all requirements including safety, quality, function, and efficiency; if they do not, rectify the situation.
- Plan technical and logistical details to enable efficient completion of tests.
- Enable day-to-day execution of the vehicle integration and test flow.
- Collaborate with distributed engineering organizations, subject matter experts, and technicians to define and manage test plans, requirements, and schedules, design tests, and assess risks in an ambiguous environment.