Vast is looking for a
Avionics & Power Systems Engineering Manager, reporting to the
Senior Director of Avionics Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test, to develop world-class Avionics & Power Systems for Vast's human rated space station and next-generation satellite programs,
This will be a
full-time, exempt position located in our
Long Beach location.
Responsibilities: - Hire and manage a team of world-class avionics and power systems engineers.
- Negotiate between business and technical stakeholders to establish program requirements and drive system-level architecture trades to closure.
- Develop and own the fault management strategy for the avionics and power subsystems.
- Lead cross-functional engineering teams to capture system-level operating modes, fault tolerance requirements, constraints, and behaviors and drive their implementation in the avionics and power systems.
- Drive the generation of Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for Avionics and Power Systems.
- Quantify Avionics and Power System performance metrics and sensitivities to drive technical decisions using analysis or modeling infrastructure.
- Identify Avionics and Power System verification milestones in the form of analyses, demonstrations, inspections, and tests to ensure program success.
- Own the vehicle Interface Control Document (ICD) and all of the processes and tools which achieve configuration control across the entire vehicle, keeping hardware and software teams synchronized.
- Define and own vehicle and system level verification campaigns. Work closely with Avionics Test and Integration Test teams to ensure timely and accurate execution of verification events.
- Lead efforts to consolidate verification reports and support Final Verification Review for Avionics and Power Systems for each program.
- Work closely with the Vehicle Systems Engineering team to develop and maintain Validation & Verification tracking processes and supporting tools
- Supervise Avionics & Power Systems engineers to deliver tasks to time and quality requirements. Support team to establish relative priorities between tasks.
- Lead Avionics & Power Systems Engineering team to produce high quality documentation for program milestone requirements.
- Serve as a mentor for junior engineers with the team on best practices in Systems Engineering.
Minimum Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other hard science
- 8+ years of post bachelor's experience working with aerospace avionics systems
- 2+ years of experience leading or managing cross functional teams developing a product with complexity in operations and design; direct people management experience required.
Preferred Skills & Experience:- Demonstrated experience championing a culture of systems engineering, heavily emphasizing verification and validation through analysis and test with a test-like-you-fly mentality.
- End-to-end experience leading Validation and Verification (V&V) campaigns
- Experience leading requirements analysis and decomposition activities
- Track record of deploying products with successful space flight heritage.
- Experience in space flight operations, ideally supporting vehicle operations plans and procedures for human space flight.
- Experience designing vehicle power systems against complex safety and fault tolerance requirements.
- Strong documentation and communication skills.
- Experience with industry standard Systems Engineering principles and best practices.
Additional Requirements:- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
Pay Range: California
$160,720-$261,900 USD
We calibrate level and compensation to the selected candidate's experience and demonstrated capability. We welcome applicants across a range of experience levels to apply.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITSBase salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks. We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast's ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.
