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Senior Manufacturing Engineer, ECLSS

Vast · Long Beach, California, United States

Posted about 2 months ago · $137,760 - $192,552

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
55 days
Vast's roles stay open a median of 55 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
35% of Vast's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Vast
high
133 stale, 5 reposted of 202 open
Hiring momentum
259 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-27

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Vast's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Vast.

About this role

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer for Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) at Vast will focus on the development, production, and integration of fluid systems essential for human-rated space stations. This role involves defining manufacturing processes, conducting high-pressure tests, and ensuring the manufacturability and reliability of hardware from initial design through to production. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to resolve production issues and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.

Our read on this posting4.0out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Vast as an employer.

What you need

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering or science discipline
  • 5+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, or hardware development for fluid, thermal, environmental control, or life support systems
  • 3+ years of hands-on hardware experience supporting fabrication, assembly, integration, and/or testing
  • Experience developing manufacturing processes, work instructions, build plans, or production documentation for complex hardware

Nice to have

  • Master's degree in an engineering discipline
  • Experience supporting production or build execution for aerospace, spacecraft, propulsion, ECLSS, thermal, fluid, or other high-reliability hardware
  • Strong experience with design for manufacturing and assembly, production readiness, process development, and manufacturing risk reduction
  • Experience owning high pressure fluid and gas testing, including proof, burst, pressure decay, helium mass spectrometry leak testing, and functional testing
  • Experience with oxygen-clean and precision-clean fluid systems, including cleanliness specification and verification

What you get

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
  • Generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the technologies or tools used in the manufacturing processes
  • The role may require working in a shop floor environment with pressurized systems and personal protective equipment
  • The position involves a significant amount of collaboration across various teams, which may require strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time and work overtime or weekends to support critical mission milestones may be required

Summarised from Vast's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Vast on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-27. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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