PCB Design Engineer

Vast • Long Beach, CA

1d • $112,340 - $195,552 • 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 PCB Manager, reporting to the Principal Electrical 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 4+ years of experience or 8+ years of layout experience in lieu of Bachelor’s degree.
• Expert knowledge of Altium Designer CAD tool.
• High-speed, impedance-controlled stack-up, multi-layer board layout design/
• Fine pitch BGA routing, including blind buried vias.
• Multi-rail power delivery and high-speed signal integrity constraints.
• Design constraint management, including trace length matching, spacing rules, etc.
• CID or CID+ certification.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
• Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
• Ability to lift up to 25lbs unassisted
• Specific certifications, as appropriate

Nice To Haves

• Experience with PCB library management, component generation, high-speed digital & mixed signal board layout, floor planning.
• Good knowledge of IPC 2221A, IPC 6012 Class 3 and IPC 7351.
• Experience with variety of boards, including high density with 16 layers or more digital designs, power electronics, flex circuits & RF circuits.
• Expertise in PCB fabrication processes, limitations, design rules, and best practice.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with responsible engineers to produce printed circuits board designs
• Design & layout custom printed circuit boards using IPC design standard and guidelines
• Work with vendors to determine stack up, routing feasibilities & ensure designs meet the DFM guidelines
• Collaborate with internal teams & PCB vendors to ensure board meet design requirements
• Generate required artworks & drawings for fabrication and assembly
• Develop and refine team processes for PCB design, part creation, and library/database standards
• Create, maintain and design in Altium Vault
• Develop PCB layout good practices and help train team members
• Write scripts to simplify processes.

Benefits

• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and 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
• snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level