Change Engineer

Vast is looking for a Change Engineer reporting to the Senior Director, Flight Safety & Mission Assurance  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, CA location. 

The Change Engineer will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a robust change management system to support the vehicle development lifecycle. As the organization builds complex hardware systems—starting with Haven-1—this role ensures that any modifications to design, hardware, or systems architecture (e.g., adding solar arrays, altering harnessing, or adjusting mass) are reviewed, communicated, and implemented efficiently without compromising the integrity of the project baseline.

You will work closely with Engineering and cross-functional teams to evaluate proposed changes, communicate impacts, and ensure seamless implementation. Our goal is to embrace necessary change while maintaining stability and traceability within the program. A key focus will be creating a structured change process that minimizes disruption and ensures that technical, schedule, and resource implications are clearly understood and approved.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate all changes to Haven-1 and adjacent projects to  ensure updates uphold system integrity and performance standards
• Maintain a change management system to allow for continuous insight into the configuration status and planned changes
• Partner cross-functionally across the Engineering organization to understand and communicate system level impacts of proposed changes before implementation
• Develop implementation plans with Engineering teams to ensure change minimizes risk to safety and mission success
• Continuously ensure alignment across team on timing and execution

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field
• 2+ years of experience with at least 1 year of experience as a Reliability Engineer, Systems Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Design Engineer, or similar
• Experience with performing reliability analyses including Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Ability to form relationships with experts from varying engineering fields

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with Atlassian products (Jira, confluence)
• Experience with human-rated, safety critical systems
• Experience doing change impact analysis
• Experience identifying and communicating potential risk to peers and engineering leadership

Pay Range: 

Change Engineer: $110,000 - $142,100