Jobs in Playa Vista, CA

About the role

As an Avionics Test and Integration Engineer at Inversion, you will report directly to the Director of Engineering, Avionics. In this role, you will be responsible for integrating, validating, and troubleshooting the electrical systems that enable Inversion’s vehicle to fly. You will work at the intersection of hardware design, software, manufacturing, and flight operations, owning vehicle-level checkout, test infrastructure, and hardware verification from development through flight. You will build and operate flight-like test environments, perform qualification and acceptance testing of avionics hardware, integrate avionics into flight articles, investigate anomalies, and help ensure every electrical subsystem is ready for mission operations. This is a highly hands-on role requiring strong engineering judgment, technical curiosity, and the ability to solve complex system-level problems under aggressive development schedules.

What you'll bring

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• Typically 5+ years of experience in avionics integration, spacecraft testing, launch vehicle testing, aerospace systems integration, or equivalent high-reliability hardware environments.
• Experience integrating and troubleshooting embedded electronic systems and electrical hardware.
• Strong understanding of electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, interface control documents, and system architectures.
• Hands-on experience using oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, logic analyzers, network analyzers, and data acquisition equipment.
• Experience performing system-level troubleshooting using telemetry, logs, electrical measurements, and root-cause analysis techniques.
• Familiarity with common aerospace and embedded communication protocols such as Ethernet, CAN, RS-422, RS-485, SPI, I2C, etc
• Experience with Python, C++, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or automated test frameworks.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced hardware development environment with evolving requirements.
• Excellent verbal, written, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Experience with spacecraft, launch vehicles, hypersonic systems, autonomous aircraft, defense systems, or other mission-critical aerospace platforms.