VAST Data
Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Thermal Control Systems
Long Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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$1,098 more — $121,098 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $121,098 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Industrial Engineers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Industrial Engineers (17-2112) · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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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
- Lead the TCS manufacturing engineering team day to day: set priorities, assign ownership, run team rhythms, and mentor engineers
- Own manufacturing development, production readiness, and build execution for TCS hardware, including pumps, fluid loops, coldplates, heaters, and tubing, while staying hands-on with your own hardware
- Own the TCS manufacturing schedule and build sequencing across concurrent vehicle builds
- Partner with design engineering to drive design for manufacturing and assembly and production readiness from early design trades through flight hardware
- Drive development and qualification of special processes including welding, brazing, tube bending, cleaning, passivation, leak testing, and pressure testing
- drive root cause and corrective action to closure
- Support supplier development and manufacturing readiness for externally produced components and assemblies
- Set standards for work instructions, inspection plans, and nonconformance disposition; drive root cause and corrective action to closure
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering or science discipline
- 5+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, or hardware development for fluid, thermal, environmental control, or life support systems
- 3+ years of hands-on hardware experience supporting fabrication, assembly, integration, and/or testing
- Experience mentoring engineers or leading a workstream, build, or small team (formal people management experience not required)
- Strong experience with design for manufacturing and assembly, production readiness, process development, and manufacturing risk reduction
- Experience with rotating machinery, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, coldplates, pressure vessels, fans, separators, or other fluid system components
- Experience with structural analysis methods, including hand calculations, FEMAP, or ANSYS, to evaluate manufacturability, strength, life, and fracture considerations
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills & Experience:
Skills
- Master's degree in an engineering discipline
- Experience participating in hiring and interviewing engineers
- Strong interest in developing into a people manager
- Experience with soft goods, flexible ducting, seals, insulation, or other non-metallic flight hardware
- Solid understanding and application of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, tolerance stack-up analysis, and inspection planning
Compensation
- $120,000 - $194,000 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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