Vast
Reliability Engineer
$112K–$159K
Long Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Jul 13, 2026
- Experience
- No minimum years specified; applicants across a range of experience levels are welcome.
- Education
- Minimum B.S. in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials engineering, mathematics, physics, or related technical discipline.
About the job
Performs reliability analyses and predictions to support the design and development of human-rated commercial space station systems.
What you'll do
- Conduct system-level reliability analyses, including fault tree analysis, reliability block diagrams, and FMEA/FMECA.
- Perform reliability predictions, including electronics predictions, and maintain spaceflight component reliability data.
- Support engineering trade studies, identify critical components, and assist with root cause analysis, failure investigations, and risk characterization.
What they ask for
- B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or materials engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related technical discipline.
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends for critical mission milestones.
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs unassisted.
Nice to have
- Experience with spacecraft, launch site, or launch vehicle reliability models, or human-rated safety-critical systems.
- Experience with FRACAS, reliability/life testing, Weibull analysis, reliability growth modeling, probabilistic risk analysis, FMECA, or FTA.
Pay
$112,340 — $159,468 USD (base salary)
Tools
FMEA/FMECA, FRACAS, Weibull analysis, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
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