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Staff Thermal Engineer

Vast · Long Beach, California, United States

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
103 days
Vast's roles stay open a median of 103 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
35% of Vast's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Vast
high
202 stale, 5 reposted of 202 open
Hiring momentum
67 roles opened in the last 90 days
↓ down vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-11-14

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 Staff Thermal Engineer at Vast will focus on developing and optimizing thermal control designs for human-rated space stations. Responsibilities include performing thermal analysis, coordinating with other engineering disciplines, documenting designs, and executing thermal tests, particularly in thermal vacuum chambers. The role requires collaboration with internal management and external customers to report on analyses and design specifics.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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 Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or related Engineering discipline with a minimum of 10+ years of related professional work experience, or a Master's degree in a related engineering discipline and 5+ years of experience
  • Knowledge and understanding of the application of technical principles, theories, and concepts for developing active thermal control systems
  • Expert with thermal analysis tool: Thermal Desktop
  • Extensive experience with TVAC testing

Nice to have

  • Design, analysis and integration experience of spacecraft thermal systems
  • Experience using other thermal analysis tools (FloCAD, Ansys Mechanical, SINDA/G, SINDA/FLUINT, TSS)
  • Experience using fluid analysis tools like Ansys Fluent, FloEFD, StarCCM+
  • Experience using aerospace standard design tools (NX, CATIA, CREO)
  • Experience with space vehicle thermal design and/or integration

What you get

  • Base salary varies depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand
  • 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

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work options
  • The role requires access to information subject to U.S. export controls, limiting eligibility to U.S. persons
  • The job posting does not specify the exact nature of the team dynamics or company culture

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

Listed by Vast on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-11-14. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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