VAST Data
Senior Electronic Parts Engineer
Long Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- 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.
- This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities
- Develop, deploy, and operate Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (EEE or Triple-E) Parts Control Plan for Vast's human-rated space station and high-power satellite bus programs
- Manage Vast EEE Parts Database for vendor/part screening and part qualification, and monitor against industry standard resources such as GIDEP, SiliconExpert, Z2Data, etc
- Advise design engineers on electronic part selection and design for reliability, such as FMECA/PFMECA and reliability design of experiments
- Support component failure analysis through processes such as NDA, DPA, X-Ray, CT Scan, SEM, Cross-Sectioning, etc
- Prior experience in an electronic parts, semiconductors, or electrical systems design role
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering, physics, material science, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline and 5+ years of experience working in an engineering role
- Or Associate's Degree in related discipline and 12 years of relevant experience
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
- Ability to lift up to 25lbs unassisted
- Master's Degree or PhD in electrical engineering, physics, material science, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or related discipline
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills & Experience:
Skills
- Experience with software development in MATLAB, Python, etc. especially for database programming and data analytics
- Experience with electronics survivability including electrostatic discharge (ESD)
- Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills
- Ability to teach people of a multitude of education and industry backgrounds about Survivability
Compensation
- $112,340 - $230,472 USD
- We calibrate level and compensation to the selected candidate's experience and demonstrated capability.
- Base 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.
Benefits
- Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand.
Equal opportunity
- Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer
- employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
- Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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