Solar Arrays Engineer l

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test solar ground support equipment
• Define requirements and trade architectures of solar arrays
• Select and qualify materials and vendors for solar arrays
• Develop and qualify processes for welding, adhesion, lamination of solar cells
• Test and qualify designs to AIAA S112 standards
• Interface with systems engineering, power electronics, structures, thermal, and mission assurance teams for end-to-end integration.
• Troubleshoot issues across the product lifecycle-from design through integration and testing.
• Participate in design reviews, drawing checks, and technical documentation for internal and NASA deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials engineering, or related engineering discipline.
• Experience designing, manufacturing and verification of mechanical assemblies.
• Preferred Skills & Experience:
• Experience working with design, manufacture and verification of photovoltaics or similar composite structures
• Experience in the space industry, including developing, building, and testing solar arrays.
• Experience with space solar design and guidelines such as AIAA S111, S112.
• Proactive problem-solving skills such as failure analysis and root cause investigation.
• Prior experience in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.
• Design work in recent versions of NX, Teamcenter.
• Analysis work in recent versions of Ansys, FeMap/Nastran, Abaqus, Thermal Desktop.
• Experience with GD&T implementation and analysis (ASME Y14.5).
• Familiarity with spacecraft specifications such as SMC-S-016, NASA-STD-5001, and NASA-STD-5019.
• Additional Requirements:
• Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones.
• Pay Range: California
• $84,000 - $108,000 USD
• COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
• U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
• EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Benefits

Additional Information

At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo's 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world's first commercial space station when it launches, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. 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 Solar Array Engineer I , reporting to the Principal Power Systems Engineer, 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.

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