Department: Avionics

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach

Reporting To: Carl Haken, VP of Avionics

Compensation: $105,000 - $145,000 / year

As an Avionics Electrical Engineer, you will design and test custom circuit boards and other avionics devices, mentor less experienced engineers, set high standards, and guide the technical direction of the avionics team. You will work directly with software engineers, propulsion engineers, GNC engineers, and others. You will have the opportunity to contribute to all aspects of spacecraft electronics development, from architecting new systems to building and operating them.

• Contribute to new spacecraft avionics architecture trades
• Develop circuit boards and electromechanical assemblies
• Perform rigorous analyses and simulations of avionics devices and systems
• Perform development testing of hardware in the lab, from a single circuit board to an entire system including non-avionics elements
• Own hardware through qualification and flight operations
• Establish and maintain high technical standards and mentor less experienced engineers

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 2+ years professional experience designing electronics for rockets, spacecraft, or other vehicles
• Proficiency with electronics component selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and layout
• Experience troubleshooting electronics problems at the board level or system level
• Desire to improve team processes and train other team members
• Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Demonstrated experience with Altium Designer
• Demonstrated experience doing new development work for any of the following: optics, star trackers, cameras, motors, reaction wheels, batteries, harnessing, ethernet switches, FPGAs, antennas, or any other specialized area relevant to spacecraft or rockets
• Experience in a startup or agile development environment