Principal Avionics Systems Engineer
Los Angeles, CA On-site
$180,000–$240,000 a yearJobFig found this opening at its original source and checks that it remains available.
About the role
You will be the Responsible Engineer for system design, analysis, testing and integration of Avionics with specialized focus on spacecraft charging, radiation, EMI, and/or RF. You will have the unique opportunity to partner with a cross functional team of engineers to make impactful architecture trades, design new spacecraft hardware, and characterize the overall Avionics System performance on some of the largest, most powerful satellites. You will help establish production test infrastructure and qualify the spacecraft for the demanding environments of MEO and GEO. In your first two years, you will have qualified hardware for flight, completed Avionics integration on the satellite bus, and flown your first spacecraft.
What you'll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering or any equivalent combination of education and experience
- 8+ years of experience in the architectural design, development, test, and integration of space-grade avionics systems
- Experience programmatically interfacing with hardware test automation and data analysis tasks
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and high velocity start-up atmosphere
- Creative problem solver that can assess risk and make collaborative design and development decisions
- Expertise in PCB schematic capture and board layout
- Hands-on experience with environmental testing for space electronics and harnessing such as thermal, thermal vacuum, vibration, shock, radiation, and EMI/EMC testing per SMC-S-016
- Expertise with vehicle grounding architecture, spacecraft charging, EMI, and/or RF testing and compatibility
- Strong presentation experience in highly technical design forums and reviews (Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, Flight Readiness Reviews, etc.)
- Proficient with NX or similar CAD software including electrical harness routing
- Experience with Linux, Bash, C++, MODBUS
- Experience with vehicle level testing including writing test procedures, creating robust and efficient test sequencing, and analytical data review to evaluate hardware health