# Senior Systems Engineer - Satellites at Vast

- Company: Vast
- What the company does: Progress is impossible without change, and at VAST, we're doing things differently. We are pushing the boundaries of what has long been deemed impossible. Backed by Space Capital.
- Company website: https://vast.space
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Long Beach, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-24
- Apply by: 2026-11-08
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/vast/jobs/4716363006?gh_jid=4716363006
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/vast-senior-systems-engineer-satellites/

## About the role

Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure using an incremental, hardware-rich, and low-cost approach. Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline
- 5+ years of professional or project experience with avionics design, analysis, system level integration, and/or unit level testing
- Experience with systems engineering principles and processes as they relate to spacecraft development
- Experience with lifecycle development as it relates to space systems, including requirement definition, identifying design solutions, integration, validation and verification, qualification, and operation
- Ability to travel up to 10% travel to support launch campaigns
- Comfortable balancing several projects at any given time with the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic direction

Tags: Avionics and Power Systems