Senior Manager, Fluid Systems Design

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 Senior Manager of Fluid Systems Design , reporting to the VP of Fluid Systems Engineering , to support the development of systems that will be required for the design and build of human-rated space stations.

This will be a full-time , exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

Responsibilities:

• Lead design team translating architecture choices for propulsion, TCS and ECLSS systems into vehicle packaging for future Haven modules.

• Own component-level design practices for propulsion, TCS and ECLSS.

• Develop process tools to streamline design activities, enabling component responsible engineers to be force multipliers for the design team.

• Lead team of designers across the fluid systems engineering team, flexing resources as needed, and building cross-system experience i

Department: Fluid Systems