Vast Build Reliability Engineer (Fluid Systems) at Vast supports reliability of flight hardware for human-rated space stations. Owns build reliability for fluid system components and leads process improvements.
Responsibilities
Own Build Reliability for fluid system component and sub-assembly build and test work centers, setting expectations for reliability, manufacturability, and build and flight readiness, and ensuring lessons are learned and applied to future programs.
Enable successful introduction of new products to production, ensuring designs are manufacturable, requirements are valid and verifiable, measurement systems and processes are capable and efficient, and work instructions, equipment, tooling, and personnel are ready to achieve rate reliably.
Mature manufacturing and verification processes by improving process controls, tooling, measurement methods, data collection, work instructions, and training.
Collect and analyze build data to identify risk and recurring issues. Lead build quality reviews, generate data-driven recommendations to prevent issues and quality escapes, and effectively implement them in collaboration with partner teams.
Ensure off-nominal work is performed and documented reliably. Provide leadership and technical direction for high-visibility issues, establishing recovery plans and aligning operations, quality, and engineering on execution. Partner with Mission Assurance to ensure risks are escalated and properly mitigated across Vast.
Lead containment and root-cause investigation of high-impact issues. Ensure implementation and verification of corrective actions that address root cause and systemic contributors.
Lead cost-of-quality reduction initiatives that simplify requirements, leverage part and feature criticality to streamline inspection, improve design standards, and strengthen process controls to prevent non-conformances at the source.
Qualification
2+ years of experience in manufacturingExperience working in aerospaceFluid handling / control systems (tubesPrecision cleaning and verificationFunctional testing
Required
Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
2+ years of experience in manufacturing, design, quality, reliability, or related roles (internship experience qualifies)
Preferred
Experience working in aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability manufacturing environments
Direct experience working on any of the following products/processes:
Fluid handling / control systems (tubes, valves, sensors)
