Battery Electronics Engineer II+

Vast•Long Beach, CA

6h•Onsite

About The Position

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 Battery Electronics Engineer II, reporting to the Power Lead, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field completed or expected by June 2026
2+ years of experience developing electrical hardware

Nice To Haves

Experience in battery electrical systems
Ability to creatively solve problems and bring multiple disciplines together while assessing risk and making design and development decisions with incomplete data set
Experience working in collegiate project teams (e.g. Formula SAE, Hybrid Electric Vehicle) and/or professional experience with instrumentation and data acquisition (e.g. SPICE, SQL, and/or National Instruments hardware)
Experience with software programming: Matlab, Python, C/C++, etc
Experience with vehicle and instrumentation buses such as Ethernet, CAN, SPI, and I2C, as well as serial I/O (RS232/422/485)
Experience with full-lifecycle product development
Experience with designing electronics for spaceflight environments, verifying workmanship and operability through environmental tests (random vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, and TVAC)
Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to thrive at an early-stage startup where you will have the opportunity to help create and optimize key systems and processes

Responsibilities

End-to-end ownership of battery electronics specification, architecture, simulation, schematic capture, PCB design, mechanical packaging design, board-level bring-up and validation, environmental qualification, and integrated system-level validation
Design circuits to implement functions such as battery voltage and current sensing, charge balancing, isolation and fault detection, power conversion, load switching, hot-swapping, inrush control, over-current fault detection, and more
Perform failure modes and effects analyses and drive reliability design and validation plans at the system level

Benefits

company equity
100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
generous paid time off
up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff
up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability insurance
life insurance
access to a 401(k) retirement plan
ClassPass credits
personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health
other discounts and perks
exceptional food perks
snacks
drip coffee & onsite barista
cold drinks
dinner meals remaining free of charge
lunch subsidized