Senior Lighting Engineer, Human Systems

Vast is looking for a Senior Lighting Engineer, reporting to the Principal Human Systems Engineer, to support the development of the lighting 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 location. 

Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for the planning, design, and implementation of lighting systems for crew-habitable space stations
• Select lighting components with appropriate levels of reliability, color temperature, flicker, diffusion, and other metrics
• Partner with hardware and manufacturing engineers and technicians to develop customized, space-rated solution
• Ensure lighting systems adhere to all applicable requirements and standards
• Develop lighting control designs to meet design and network architecture specifications
• Produce lighting layouts and analyses to ensure adequate lighting in both nominal and emergency scenarios
• Routinely work with associated teams in other disciplines to ensure robust system and component design and selection, including avionics, power, structural, thermal, materials, and medical

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
• 3+ years of experience in light/illumination design

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Experience with audio and acoustic design
• Ability to make independent judgments with limited information
• Communication skills for relaying data (verbally and in-writing) between other employees, vendors, and customers
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment balancing several projects at any given time, and the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic direction
• Experience with lighting systems on aircraft, watercraft, or spacecraft
• Experience with on-camera set lighting design

Pay Range: 

• Senior Lighting Engineer III: $140,000-$170,000