Haven Certification Engineer
Long Beach · USD 86,100-159,467 · 2+ years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 7, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 2+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Long Beach
- Salary
- USD 86,100-159,467 · Base salary
About the role
- Vast is looking for a Haven Certification Engineer, reporting to the Senior Manager of Haven Certification, to support certification planning and execution for Haven and ensure certification is verified through test, analysis, demonstration, and inspection.
- This is a unique opportunity to develop and execute the V&V and Certification strategies for the first-ever fully private human-rated spacecraft.
Responsibilities
- Track completion of certification requirements for Haven systems
- Maintain certification artifact databases and verification status
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure certification artifacts are properly addressed
- Support development of certification documentation and compliance matrices
- Assist in identifying certification risks and issues
- Participate in verification activities including test and analysis reviews
- Support certification milestone preparation
- Track certification artifacts and drive closure across engineering teams
- Develop verification and validation plans for certification artifacts
- Coordinate certification activities across systems engineering, test, and mission operations
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, or related engineering discipline (for Engineer I)
- 2+ years of hands-on engineering experience (for Engineer I)
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (for Engineer II)
- 3–5 years of hands-on engineering experience (for Engineer II)
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with NASA standards or commercial human spaceflight programs
- Experience supporting certification reviews and flight readiness processes
- Familiarity with requirements or database management tools
- Internship or project experience with spacecraft systems
- Experience as a Responsible Engineer completing verification on flight hardware
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
- Generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- ClassPass credits
- Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health
- Free snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals, with subsidized lunch
