At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations, allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.
Vast is looking for a Senior Technical Project Manager, Avionics, reporting to the SVP, Engineering, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations. This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
A successful candidate will have a strong technical foundation and are natural motivators, cross-functional relationship builders, and champions for driving the right level of process to ensure smooth and predictable program execution in a fast-paced innovative environment.
Responsibilities:
- Leverage your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary hardware projects from start to finish, managing multiple critical hardware workstreams including electrical, mechanical, industrial design and other aspects of hardware development
- Work closely with both internal teams and external vendors to deliver hardware and solutions on tight timelines
- Act as a single point of contact for driving scope, schedule, cost, and resource management
- Report out program status and risk to program stakeholders
- Ensure program documents are complete, current and available for staff and leadership review
- Contribute to resource planning to ensure program success
- Establish standard reports to provide concise and effective communications to key stakeholders on program status, issues/risks, and accomplishments
- Apply first principles approach to problem solving tight timelines, design changes, and material management
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering,
- or related engineering discipline
- 5 years of experience in technical program management
- Experience with project management and reporting tools (i.e., MS Project, SmartSheet, JIRA, Confluence)
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Track record of launching space flight hardware or other similar hardware/software devices from concept to production
- Experience managing design releases, validation test plans, build execution and supply chain management
- Ability to multitask in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and changing requirements
- Ability to think strategically and tactically and to build consensus to make programs successful
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to travel up to 15% of the time
Pay Range:
- Senior Technical Program Manager L3: $150,000-$180,000
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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