Vast is looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Avionics , reporting to the Senior Manager of Mechanical Engineering, Avionics, to support the development of the Avionics, RF, Power, or GNC systems for the design and build of human-rated space stations.
This will be a full-time , exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
- Function in a cross disciplinary team and a dynamic design environment
- Support electronics development and trade studies, and create interface definition, specification, and control documents
- Validate requirements through design, test, analysis, or inspection
- Create assembly and/or installation drawings and support hardware builds
- Design avionics enclosure and mounting solutions for high reliability in harsh environments
- Participate in the entire design cycle of flight and mission critical avionics
- Work with the electrical engineering team to design rugged printed circuit board systems
- Create engineering drawings and manage the product configuration of the integrated designs through the product lifecycle
- Review test plans and manage testing and qualification of the product
- Design and/or support integration brackets of avionics components into the space station
- Bachelors of science degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of experience with electronics packaging and/or critical electronic components in extreme environments.
- Experience with GD&T implementation and analysis (ASME Y14.5).
- Masters of science degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline.
- Experience designing ruggedized electronics enclosures or similar high-performance hardware.
- Familiarity with environmental testing similar to SMC-S-016, and/or MIL-STD-810.
- Familiarity with circuit card design per IPC-A-610 and/or J standards.
- Thermal and structural analysis experience using ANSYS or similar.
- Experience with electrical schematic reviews and electrical schematic capture software (Altium or similar).
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
- Senior Mechanical Design Engineer III: $137,760 - $195,552