Vast
Build Reliability Engineer (Structures)
$86K–$195K
Long Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Jul 6, 2026
- Experience
- 1+ years; internship experience qualifies.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
About the job
Owns structural build reliability across fabrication and assembly, improving manufacturing readiness, quality, and corrective actions for human-rated space stations.
What you'll do
- Set reliability, manufacturability, and readiness expectations for piece parts and structural sub-assemblies; apply lessons learned to future programs.
- Improve production and verification processes, analyze build data, and lead quality reviews and root-cause investigations.
- Lead issue containment, corrective-action verification, and cost-of-quality reduction in collaboration with operations, quality, engineering, and Mission Assurance.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
- 1+ years of experience in manufacturing, design, quality, reliability, or related roles (internship experience qualifies)
- Fluency in geometric dimensioning & tolerancing (GD&T)
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills; ability to collaborate in fast-paced environments
Nice to have
- Experience with listed manufacturing processes or products, such as machining, welding, complex structural assemblies, or additive manufacturing
- Data analysis or statistical methods experience; quality systems knowledge; or aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability manufacturing exposure
Pay
$86,000 - $122,000 USD (base salary); $122,000 - $159,000 USD (base salary); $137,000 - $195,000 USD (base salary); $86,000 — $195,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
GD&T, coordinate measuring machines (CMM), laser measuring systems, ISO 9001, AS9100
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