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Vast

Vast

Designs and manufactures commercial space stations in low Earth orbit for crewed missions, microgravity research, and in-space manufacturing

WEBSITE LINKEDIN X CAREERS

$500M TOTAL RAISED * 159 OPEN ROLES 1,000 EMPLOYEES * 2021 FOUNDED

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SITREP

Vast is a private company active in space stations & habitats, and in-space manufacturing. Based in Long Beach, California, it was founded in 2021 by Jed McCaleb. It is led by CEO Max Haot. It operates as an upstream supplier spanning much of the space value chain. Products include the Haven Demo and Haven-1 components.

Status Operating

HQ Long Beach, California

Locations HQ Long Beach, California Hawthorne, California Mojave, California Washington, District of Columbia Tokyo, Japan Houston, Texas

ACTIVITY

Manufacturing Planner, Fluid Systems Manufacturing / 21h ago HIRING JUL 20

Manufacturing Engineer, Mechanical Subassemblies / 4d ago HIRING JUL 17

Senior Systems Engineer / 4d ago HIRING JUL 16

Propulsion Test Engineer / 5d ago HIRING JUL 15

Reliability Engineer / 7d ago HIRING JUL 14

Software Engineer I, Mission Software / 7d ago HIRING JUL 13

PERFORMANCE

FUNDING * ALL FUNDING

$500M TOTAL RAISED

Latest round / Series A $500M

FINANCIALS VIEW ALL

$500M Total raised * Series A

CATALOG

Other 3

Haven Demo Haven-1 Haven-2

LICENSES

FCC space station 1

Haven-Demo NGSO S3204

CREW ALL PEOPLE

Jed McCaleb Founder, Board Chair & Tech Fellow

Max Haot Chief Executive Officer

Alex Hudson Chief Technology Officer

Andrew Feustel Lead Astronaut

Caryn Schenewerk Chief Policy Officer

Daniel DeMattia Chief Information Officer

David Goodwin General Counsel

Giorgio Saccoccia President, Europe

Hillary Coe Chief Design and Marketing Officer

Karin Kuo Chief People Officer

Kris Young Chief Operating Officer

Lucie Ravelojaona Chief of Staff

Olivier Farache Chief Revenue Officer

Sid Hariharan Chief Financial Officer

HIRING ALL 159 ROLES

159 OPEN ROLES

190 NEW / 30D

6 LOCATIONS

0 REMOTE

HIRING IN

Engineering - Avionics 15 Engineering - Structures 11 E-2 10 Manufacturing - Avionics 10

LATEST ROLES CAREERS SITE

Posted Jul 20, 2026 Manufacturing Planner, Fluid Systems Manufacturing

Long Beach, California, United States Full Time Manufacturing Operations

Posted Jul 17, 2026 Manufacturing Engineer, Mechanical Subassemblies

Long Beach, California, United States Full Time Manufacturing Primary & Mechanical Sub Assemblies

Posted Jul 16, 2026 Senior Systems Engineer

Long Beach, California, United States Full Time Flight Safety & Mission Assurance

Posted Jul 15, 2026 Propulsion Test Engineer

Mojave, California, United States Full Time Engineering Propulsion

Posted Jul 14, 2026 Reliability Engineer

Long Beach, California, United States Full Time Flight Safety & Mission Assurance

Posted Jul 13, 2026 Software Engineer I, Mission Software

Long Beach, California, United States Full Time Engineering Software

NETWORK GRAPH

COMPETITORS

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CLASSIFICATION

Sectors

Space Stations & Habitats In-Space Manufacturing

Technology

Orbit & Destination

Application

Commercial Government-Civil Government-Defense

Thematic

New Space Pioneer

DATA & SOURCES

SourceProvides

Company websitecompany profile, products, locations, press

USAspending.govfederal contract awards

FCC IBFSsatellite and space-station licenses

Industry pressnews coverage

Company job boardopen roles

* Lower-confidence value, or one we haven't anchored to a primary source yet. Profile assembled from 5 sources and cross-checked continuously.

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Last verified 2026-06-17

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