Vast
Controls & Automation Engineer
$86K–$196K
Long Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 2-4+ years for Manufacturing Engineer II; 4-6+ years for Senior Manufacturing Engineer. Applicants across experience levels are welcome.
- Education
- B.S. in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing or electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field.
About the job
Develops and maintains data acquisition, software, and hardware control systems for testing space-rated hardware and preparing Haven-1 for flight.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain the Long Beach test-site data acquisition and controls stack, including software tools and standards.
- Design, implement, and own hardware and software control systems for space-hardware testing; troubleshoot test assets.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to improve testing practices and define test-stack capabilities.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a listed engineering or technical field, or a related technical field.
- Manufacturing experience managing a product or product line across work centers or departments, and/or experience with fluid, pressurized, propulsion, or environmental control hardware.
- Hands-on fabrication, assembly, and/or integration experience; CAD proficiency (NX preferred).
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends for critical mission milestones.
Nice to have
- Hands-on hardware building or testing; aerospace, spacecraft, propulsion, safety-critical, or high-reliability hardware experience.
- Experience with concept-to-build/test or R&D-to-production; familiarity with Siemens NX, Teamcenter, Ansys or similar tools, aerospace standards, or GD&T.
Pay
$86,100.00 - $122,220.00 USD base salary (Engineer/ Level I); $112,340.00 - $159,468.00 USD base salary (Engineer/ Level II); $137,760.00 - $195,552.00 USD base salary (Senior Engineer/ Level III)
Tools
NX, Siemens NX, Teamcenter, Ansys, IPC, SMC-S-016, NASA-STD-5001, MIL-STD-810
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