Vast
Thermal Fluids Design Reliability Engineer
About this role
Vast is hiring a Thermal Fluids Design Reliability Engineer to ensure Haven-1's thermal, environmental control, and life support systems are designed and validated for safe, reliable human-rated space station operations. You'll integrate reliability principles into design, lead FMEA and verification activities, and guide teams from concept through flight readiness.
What you'll do
- Lead Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and guide test plan definition for thermal fluids systems
- Conduct design reviews and provide technical peer review of hardware designs, manufacturing drawings, and test campaigns
- Develop thermal fluids engineering standards, design guides, and verification frameworks for Haven-1
- Work with hardware teams to ensure manufacturing meets design intent and define test methodologies
- Establish acceptance and qualification test standards for flight systems aligned with human-rated reliability
- Analyze field data and design robustness to identify and prevent failures before production
What they're looking for
- Thermal fluids analysis and design
- Environmental control and life support systems expertise
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Test planning and verification/validation
- Design review leadership and technical decision-making
- Human-rated systems engineering
- Manufacturing and integration knowledge
- Engineering standards and process development
Benefits
- Work on next-generation commercial space station development
- Full-time, exempt position
- Based in Long Beach, California
- Opportunity to lead technical standards and processes at scale
- Collaborate with talented engineers on ambitious space exploration mission
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Vast
Vast develops Haven-1, a human-rated space station, and is hiring design reliability engineers across thermal, structures, propulsion, and avionics systems to ensure safe operations, as well as construction project engineers to support the station's development and construction.
- Website
- vast.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience with FMEA processes and how you've prevented critical failures in design phases
- How have you led technical reviews and made decisive design recommendations in fast-paced engineering environments?