Vast Build Reliability Engineer (Structures) at Vast to support reliability of flight avionics hardware across the product lifecycle. Ensure space systems meet safety, quality, and performance standards.
Responsibilities
Own Build Reliability for avionics hardware and work centers, setting expectations for reliability, manufacturability, and build and flight readiness
Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Mission Assurance leadership to ensure robust, scalable quality and verification plans across the product lifecycle, with lessons consistently carried across programs
Ensure successful introduction of flight hardware by defining readiness criteria, including process qualification, manufacturability, and inspectability, and driving the retirement of build risks through production ramp-up
Drive maturation of internal avionics production processes, ensuring documentation, equipment, tooling, process controls, data collection, and training support consistent and streamlined execution
Ensure off-nominal work is performed and documented reliably. Partner with Mission Assurance to drive risk mitigations and steer response plans to severe issues. Provide leadership and technical direction for high-visibility issues, establishing recovery plans and aligning operations, quality, and engineering on execution
Collect and analyze build data to identify risk and recurring issues. Lead build quality reviews, generate data-driven recommendations, and effectively influence partner teams to prioritize efforts that prevent escapes and improve reliability
Lead containment and root-cause investigation of high-impact Avionics-related issues. Ensure implementation and verification of robust corrective actions that address root cause and systemic contributors across Vast
Lead major cost of quality reduction initiatives through simplification of requirements, clearer design standards, streamlined inspection and process validation steps, and strengthened process controls
Qualification
2+ years of experience in manufacturingMasters Degree or higherExperience working in aerospaceHarness ManufacturingAvionics/Electromech ManufacturingFunctional testingDemonstrated ability to learn new tools
Required
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
2+ years of experience in manufacturing, design, quality, reliability, or related roles
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives
Excellent communication and technical skills
Preferred
Masters Degree or higher
Experience working in aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability manufacturing environments
Direct experience working on any of the following products/processes:
