Vast
Manufacturing Engineering, Fluid Systems
$86K–$196K
Long Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years minimum; Manufacturing Engineer II: 2–4+ years; Senior Manufacturing Engineer: 4–6+ years.
- Education
- B.S. in a related technical field; no equivalent-experience alternative stated.
About the job
Develops and improves manufacturing processes, tooling, and production for fluid tubing systems used in the Haven-1 human-rated space station.
What you'll do
- Develop tube-bending and welding cells; lead first builds, testing, and manufacturing documentation.
- Create production plans, procedures, tooling, and quality practices; support tubing fabrication and welding.
- Resolve manufacturing issues and improve efficiency, quality, and production output with cross-functional teams.
What they ask for
- B.S. in a related technical field, including mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, or electrical engineering, physics, or mathematics.
- At least 2 years of manufacturing experience managing a product or product line across multiple work centers and/or departments, with fluid, pressurized, propulsion, or environmental-control hardware in design, manufacturing, or test.
- Hands-on fabrication, assembly, and/or integration experience; CAD proficiency.
- Experience using CAD tools to review designs, generate manufacturing documentation, and design assembly or test tooling.
Nice to have
- Hands-on hardware experience; aerospace, spacecraft, propulsion, or other safety-critical hardware experience.
- Familiarity with Siemens NX and Teamcenter; Ansys or similar analysis tools; aerospace standards; GD&T.
Pay
$86,100.00 - $122,220.00 USD base salary; $112,340.00 - $159,468.00 USD base salary; $137,760.00 - $195,552.00 USD base salary
Tools
NX, Siemens NX, Teamcenter, Ansys, IPC, SMC-S-016, NASA-STD-5001, MIL-STD-810
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