Senior Manager, Avionics and Power Systems

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. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. 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.

Headquartered in Long Beach, California, and with more than 1,000 employees and over a billion dollars in private capital, Vast has built the facilities required to manufacture and operate America’s next space station. The company plans to develop future habitats and systems for the Moon and Mars, dedicated space stations for government partners, and other crewed systems that will unlock the expanding long-term space economy.

Vast is looking for a Avionics & Power Systems Engineering Manager, reporting to the Senior Director of Avionics Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test, to develop world-class Avionics & Power Systems for Vast’s human rated space station and next-generation satellite programs,

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

• Hire and manage a team of world-class avionics and power systems engineers.

• Negotiate between business and technical stakeholders to establish program requirements and drive system-level architecture trades to closure.

• Develop and own the fault management strategy for the avionics and power subsystems.

• Lead cross-functional engineering teams to capture system-level operating modes, fault tolerance requirements, constraints, and behaviors and drive their implementation in the avionics and power systems.

• Drive the generation of Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for Avionics and Power Systems.

• Quantify Avionics and Power System performance metrics and sensitivities to drive technical decisions using analysis or modeling infrastructure.

• Identify Avionics and Power System verification milestones in the form of analyses, demonstrations, inspections, and tests to ensure program success.

• Own the vehicle Interface Control Document (ICD) and all of the processes and tools which achieve configuration control across the entire vehicle, keeping hardware and software teams synchronized.

• Define and own vehicle and system level verification campaigns. Work closely with Avionics Test and Integration Test teams to ensure timely and accurate execution of verification events.

• Lead efforts to consolidate verification reports and support Final Verification Review for Avionics and Power Systems for each program.

• Work closely with the Vehicle Systems Engineering team to develop and maintain Validation & Verification tracking processes and supporting tools

• Supervise Avionics & Power Systems engineers to deliver tasks to time and quality requirements. Support team to establish relative priorities between tasks.

• Lead Avionics & Power Systems Engineering team to produce