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Develops artificial gravity space stations

Integration Engineer - Avionics Test

AvionicsUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeLong Beach, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, aerospace, electrical, or a similar field.
  • Hands-on hardware integration and testing experience.
  • Experience writing test plans and procedures and providing go/no-go judgment and rationale.
  • System-level understanding of an avionics subsystem.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, execute, and maintain test procedures for flight hardware.
  • Evaluate whether testing processes meet safety, quality, function, and efficiency requirements, and rectify problems when they do not.
  • Plan the technical and logistical details needed to complete tests efficiently.
  • 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.
  • Act as test director and exercise technical authority for testing events.
  • Disposition non-conformances, make risk-informed corrective actions, and exercise engineering judgment in ambiguous situations.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with flight hardware.
  • System-level understanding of multiple 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 when dealing with non-conforming flight hardware.
  • Experience planning and executing vehicle-level system verifications.
  • Experience deriving and challenging requirements to drive product maturity.
  • Comfort working in a high-stress environment while balancing several projects and adjusting to abrupt changes in strategic direction.

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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