Senior Welder and Fabrication Technician

The role

This person will weld the Haven Structure for human spaceflight and operate mechanized and robotic welding equipment. They will also fabricate tooling, inspect parts, and work with engineering to improve tools.

What you will do

• Weld the Haven Structure for Human spaceflight
• Operate mechanized and robotic welding equipment
• Quickly fabricate, weld tooling to support Haven
• Inspect fabricated parts for geometry acceptance and weld conformance
• Fit, form parts, and clean parts as required
• Setup welding equipment in preparation for welding
• Perform Class A quality Aluminum weld
• Diagnose weld defects and suggest corrective actions
• Work with Engineering to improve tools and problem solve
• Material handling of raw goods and finished weldments

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Class A TIG
• 5+ years of experience with fabrication, and forming experience
• Experience reading engineering blueprints
• Ability to follow written and verbal instruction
• Familiar working with x-ray technicians and other NDT techniques
• Experience with a wide variety of metal fabrication equipment such as vertical bandsaw, Sanding equipment
• Capability to efficiently set up jig tables
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs unassisted

Nice to have

• Automated/robotic welding experience VPPAW
• Self-starter, highly motivated working in a fast-paced department
• 5+ or more years with Class A aerospace welding

Benefits

• company equity
• medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• generous paid time off
• up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff
• up to 10+ days of vacation for non-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
• snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized

About the company

Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, the company has more than 1,000 employees.