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VAST

Develops artificial gravity space stations

Integration Supervisor

Product AssemblyUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeLong Beach, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or GED equivalency is required.
  • At least 5 years of hands-on experience in aerospace integration, mechanical assembly, or high-reliability hardware manufacturing is required.
  • At least 2 years of direct experience leading, coordinating, or supervising technicians in a production, laboratory, or cleanroom environment is required.
  • The candidate must be able to read, interpret, and work from engineering assembly drawings, electrical schematics, harness routing layouts, and work instructions.
  • Hands-on proficiency with precision measuring equipment, torque tools, pneumatic and fluid lines, and specialized mechanical hand tools is required.
  • The candidate must understand workplace safety practices, electrostatic discharge (ESD) containment, and aerospace quality management principles.
  • The candidate must be able to communicate in writing and verbally and collaborate across engineering and management teams.
  • The candidate must be able to lift 25–50 pounds unassisted.
  • The candidate must be able to work in cleanroom environments, climb ladders, navigate tight vehicle bays, and stand for extended periods.
  • The candidate must be flexible to work overtime, non-standard shifts including second shift, or weekends as needed for critical flight-build milestones.
  • The candidate must be able to travel up to 10–25% to support test-site or launch-facility operations, if needed.

Responsibilities

  • Direct daily shift activities for integration technicians, maintaining clear tasking, priorities, and workflow execution.
  • Facilitate effective shift handoffs between first and second shifts to ensure continuous execution and alignment across critical-path builds.
  • Train, mentor, onboard, and develop integration technicians, ensuring skill progression and compliance with technical standards.
  • Manage workforce allocation, schedule balancing, and technician time tracking to meet program milestones.
  • Supervise hands-on integration of flight hardware across structural assembly, fluid and pneumatic routing, avionics harness installation, and component mating.
  • Ensure strict adherence to engineering work instructions, technical drawings, schematics, and aerospace quality specifications.
  • Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, and Responsible Engineers to identify blockers, resolve non-conformances, and disposition issue tickets promptly.
  • Promote Design for Manufacturing feedback loops, collaborating with engineering to improve work-instruction clarity, tooling, and build efficiency.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience leading multi-shift operations in a fast-paced aerospace hardware manufacturing or development environment is preferred.
  • Familiarity with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms, Jira, Confluence, and Google Workspace is preferred.
  • Direct experience with vehicle closeout operations, high-pressure pneumatic testing, leak checks, or propulsion subassembly integration is preferred.

About the Company

VAST

Develops artificial gravity space stations

Vast Space builds artificial gravity space stations to enable long-term human life in space. Its approach uses large rotating habitats that generate centrifugal force to mimic Earth's gravity, helping astronauts stay healthy during extended missions. The company designs, tests, demonstrates, services, and manufactures space infrastructure and customizable habitat modules for government space agencies, private aerospace companies, and research institutions that operate in lunar, Martian, or deep-space missions. Unlike others, Vast Space focuses on end-to-end artificial gravity solutions and ongoing support, not just concepts, and targets contracts that provide sustainable space habitats for science, exploration, and colonization efforts. The overall goal is to expand humanity’s reach across the solar system by creating scalable, gravity-enabled habitats that enable safe, long-term presence in space while protecting Earth's ecosystem.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Series A
Total funding
$500M
Headquarters
Long Beach, CA
Founded
2021

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