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# Test Engineer

- **Company:** Vast, Inc
- **Location:** Long Beach, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $137,760 - $230,472
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Data Reduction, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Software Engineering, System Testing, Test Data, Hardware Testing, System-level Testing, Visual Basic Language, Programming Languages
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-test-engineer-lunar-vast-10732241

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
 * 4+ years of experience in the operation, design, and development of test systems, fluid systems, or hardware testing
 * Demonstrated ownership of large test campaigns from planning through execution and data review

Preferred Skills & Experience:

 * Experience across multiple test disciplines: fluids/propulsion, structural/mechanism, thermal/TVAC, and electrical/avionics
 * Experience standing up new test capability, stands, or labs from the ground up in a resource-constrained environment
 * Experience with fluids systems testing
 * Experience testing hardware for spaceflight environments (random vibration, shock, thermal cycling, TVAC, burn-in), and familiarity with beyond-LEO or lunar surface environmental considerations
 * Ability to read and interpret Plumbing and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), schematics, and drawings
 * Experience with coding languages (Python, MATLAB, Visual Basic) for test automation and data reduction
 * Ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams and operate independently with limited direction, thriving in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment

Additional Requirements:

 * Willingness to travel to test sites, including Mojave and supplier or outside test facilities, as required

## Description

* Lead testing for Vast's lunar systems, including the Vast Power Station (solar generation, energy storage, and power distribution), the Haven-derived lunar airlock (dust mitigation and pressure vessel reliability), and the multi-module lunar habitat (life support, thermal control, and avionics)
 * Plan, lead, and execute test campaigns across multiple subsystems: fluids and propulsion, structures and mechanisms, thermal/vacuum, avionics and power, and integrated system-level testing
 * Serve as Test Conductor and Test Director on console for hazardous operations, including work with pressurized structures and energetic or stored-energy systems
 * Author and maintain test plans, procedures, sequences, and configuration files; drive development, qualification, and acceptance test campaigns to completion
 * Stand up test capability from scratch - define test architecture, specify and procure stands, fixtures, DAQ, and instrumentation, and build out the infrastructure required for lunar hardware qualification
 * Own Test Readiness Reviews and post-test data reviews, presenting results and corrective actions to program and engineering leadership
 * Design and modify fluid, mechanical, and electrical systems on test stands and benches; troubleshoot fluid, mechanical, electrical, and software issues across the test environment
 * Work side by side with technicians during fabrication of test hardware and integration of test articles
 * Partner with Responsible Engineers across subsystems to translate requirements into verification approaches, and close verification evidence back against those requirements
 * Establish test safety practices, hazard analyses, and continuous improvements that raise safety and site productivity as the program grows
 * Help scope and grow the Lunar test organization, mentoring engineers and technicians as additional hires come on