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Vast is looking for a Pre-Sales Engineer, reporting to the SVP, Satellite Business Development & Commercialization, to support our Satellite Business Development team as the technical bridge between our engineering organization and prospective customers. This role is the trusted technical voice in the room during customer discussions  translating system-level engineering tradeoffs (propulsion, payload, power, performance) into terms customers can act on, running and interpreting our proprietary simulation and performance tools to answer real-time technical questions, and representing engineering's perspective in public and customer-facing forums. You'll work closely with system leads across the satellite business and be a key partner to Business Development throughout the sales cycle, from first technical conversation through proposal and close. 

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location

Responsibilities: 

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to prospective and current customers, fielding and answering system-level engineering questions in real time during calls, meetings, and site visits
• Represent the engineering organization in customer-facing settings, industry conferences, and public speaking engagements, ensuring engineering perspective and technical credibility are present throughout the business development process
• Work closely with system engineering leads across propulsion, payload, and other subsystems to translate technical capability, performance, and constraints into customer-ready material and answers
• Operate and apply Vast's simulation tools to model satellite performance, power dynamics, and other system-level tradeoffs in support of customer proposals and technical discussions
• Partner with Business Development throughout the sales cycle to shape technical proposals, respond to RFIs/RFPs, and ensure proposed solutions are technically sound and achievable
• Contribute to the ongoing development and refinement of internal simulation and analysis tools used to support customer-facing technical engagements
• Apply AI tools and techniques to accelerate technical analysis, proposal development, and customer-facing deliverables

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other engineering discipline 
• Demonstrated experience partnering with or operating alongside system engineering leads (e.g., propulsion, payload) on complex technical systems
• Some proficiency building or working with simulation/analysis tools evaluating system performance, power dynamics, or similar engineering tradeoffs
• Proficiency with AI tools and their application to engineering or analysis workflows
• Strong customer-facing and interpersonal skills; comfortable operating as a trusted technical advisor in front of customers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex engineering concepts for non-technical or mixed audiences
• Ability to work independently and cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience with facilities within an aerospace industry
•  Familiar with space planning procedures and operations
• Knowledge of computer applications and the ability to easily navigate through different computer software programs
• Ability to create and update request for proposals (RFPs), purchase orders (POs) and facilities work orders in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to make independent judgments with limited information
• Communication skills for relaying data (verbally and in-writing) between other employees, vendors, and customers
• Logical and strategic approach to solving problems
• Ability to read and understand basic floor plans
• Comfortable working in a high-stress environment balancing several projects at any given time, and the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic direction

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
• Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones
• Ability to lift up to 25lbs unassisted
• Specific certifications, as appropriate