Vast
Fluid Systems Engineering
Long Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated; applicants across a range of experience levels are welcome.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Designs, analyzes, builds, integrates, and tests fluid-system hardware for Vast’s space station and spacecraft programs, from concept through flight.
What you'll do
- Own fluid-system hardware development and delivery across ECLSS, TCS, or propulsion programs, including analysis and design reviews.
- Build, assemble, integrate, and test fluid hardware; support nonconformance disposition and root-cause investigations.
- Coordinate subsystem integration with power, thermal, GNC, and avionics teams, as well as technicians, suppliers, and customers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a listed engineering or technical discipline, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience with fluid, pressurized, propulsion, or environmental-control hardware in design, manufacturing, or test.
- Hands-on fabrication, assembly, integration, and/or testing experience.
- CAD proficiency; willingness to work evenings and/or weekends for critical mission milestones.
Nice to have
- CAD proficiency in NX; direct ownership of flight or high-reliability fluid hardware from design through test.
- Experience with EP propellant feed systems, precision-clean hardware, GD&T, structural analysis, or NX/Teamcenter and PLM or MES systems.
Tools
NX, FEMAP, Nastran, ANSYS, Teamcenter, ASME Y14.5
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