Battery Electronics Engineer II+

About the role

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. As a Battery Electronics Engineer II, you will report to the Power Lead and support the development of systems required for the design and build of human-rated space stations. This is a full-time, exempt position located in Long Beach.

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

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field completed or expected by June 2026
• 2+ years of experience developing electrical hardware
• Willingness to work overtime or weekends to support critical mission milestones

Skills

• 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
• 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

Pay

Battery Electronics Engineer II: $112,000 - $159,000
Senior Battery Electronics Engineer: $137,000 - $195,000
Pay Range (California): $112,000—$195,000 USD

Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package.

Benefits

• Company equity
• 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 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, and dinner meals free of charge; subsidized lunch

U.S. export control compliance required: The person hired must be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing.