Staff Design Reliability Engineer

At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations, allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.

Requirements

• Lead technical reviews that shape the future of artificial-gravity space habitats
• Oversee qualification and test completeness for flight systems
• Bring deep engineering intuition to test campaigns
• Evaluate complex design and operational changes
• Design Excellence: Serve as the architect and guardian of Vast's engineering standards, design guides, and review frameworks
• Process Ownership: Build and steward the processes that ensure engineering rigor at scale
• Cross-Functional Influence: Work across all facets of the engineering organization to improve reliability

Benefits

• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• Flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• One Medical membership
• ClassPass credits
• Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health
• Other discounts and perks