# Staff HPC Infrastructure Engineer at VAST > United States · Staff · DevOps / SRE / Infra · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Avast%3A4714392006 (read 2026-11-14). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [VAST](https://alderhq.app/companies/vast) - Location text: Long Beach, California, United States; Long Beach, CA - Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Long Beach, California, United States; Long Beach, CA") - Posted: 2026-09-18 (58 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-13 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 1 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/vast/jobs/4714392006?gh_jid=4714392006 - Skills listed (inferred): Python, AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: $171k–$243k per year (from the listing's pay field) - Market band for similar posted roles (Los Angeles, n 6): p25 $211k, median $223k, p75 $225k ## Description (the employer's text) Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure using an incremental, hardware-rich, and capital-efficient approach. Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station to support a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and supporting a growing space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to design, build, and operate its own spacecraft in orbit. Next, Haven-1 is targeted to become the world’s first commercial space station, with launch anticipated in 2027, followed by additional Haven modules. Additionally, the company recently announced two new offerings leveraging its space station components and the heritage of Haven Demo: Vast Satellite, a high-power satellite product line; and Vast Lunar Systems, power, communications, and habitats for the Moon. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, and with more than 1,000 employees and over a billion dollars in private capital, Vast has built the facilities capable of manufacturing America’s next space station. The company plans to develop future habitats and systems for Mars, dedicated modules for government partners, and other crewed systems designed to unlock the expanding long-term space economy. Vast is looking for a Staff HPC Infrastructure Engineer, reporting to the Manager, IT Infrastructure to support the development of the 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 - Build, support, and architect Vast’s high-performance compute (HPC) infrastructure - Design and implement enhancements to the HPC environment including new features to improve performance, ease of use, and cost optimization - Provide support to the engineering teams who use HPC for their analysis - Own the lifecycle of Vast’s HPC infrastructure, including cluster updates, patching, maintenance, performance, and reliability - Integrate the HPC environment with Vast’s broader engineering design cycle including upstream design in NX/Teamcenter and post-processing - Manage process for onboarding new applications and users to the HPC environment ### Minimum Qualifications - 8+ years of HPC administration and architecture or relevant industry experience - Experience supporting HPC clusters for Aerospace or a related industry, including structural, dynamic, mechanical, computational fluid dynamic analyses - Deep understanding of SLURM and Linux - Experience working with engineering organizations to shape architecture and administration of HPC systems to accelerate engineering analysis - Proven track record of leading technical initiatives from concept through production deployment - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, math, engineering, or equivalent work experience ### Preferred Skills & Experience - AWS Parallel Cluster for HPC - Infrastructure/configuration as code frameworks including Terraform and Puppet - Cloud infrastructure experience in AWS, Azure, or GCP - Expert in Nastran, Abaqus, Ansys, STAR-CCM, Wave6 analysis software - Experience building on-premise HPC environments, including virtualization layers and underlying hardware (compute, storage, networking, and GPU infrastructure) - Proficiency in Python or an equivalent scripting language - 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 manage multiple priorities and adapt to changes in strategic direction ### Additional Requirements - Willingness to work overtime and/ or weekends to support critical mission milestones Pay Range: California $171,000—$243,000 USD We calibrate level and compensation to the selected candidate's experience and demonstrated capability. We welcome applicants across a range of experience levels to apply. --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Avast%3A4714392006 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.