The Opportunity
Our client is building the return lane from space with reusable vehicles that deliver payloads anywhere on Earth in under 90 minutes. Think FedEx of space with precision landing capability within 50-100 meters.
They are looking to add a Senior Avionics Engineer with 5+ years of experience to join the team and take ownership of avionics subsystems from end to end. You will be a key player in designing, testing, and producing the electronic systems for Earth return vehicles, collaborating closely with engineers across multiple domains. This is a crucial role for developing the hardware that will guide our spacecraft, bridging the gap between our GNC, software, and aerodynamics teams.
What will you be doing?
- Develop electrical architectures, design circuits, capture schematics, and lay out PCBAs for our spacecraft.
- Design custom electrical harnesses and oversee their construction.
- Develop and support electrical ground equipment and test hardware, including Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) and FlatSat setups.
- Drive root-cause analysis and troubleshooting of electronics-related issues in spacecraft and ground systems.
- Collaborate with GNC, software, and aerodynamics engineers to integrate hardware, firmware, and software components.
Why this Role?
- End-to-end ownership: 33-person team means you're not a cog. You own avionics subsystems from architecture through integration and flight — working directly with GNC, software, and leadership.
- Rare technical surface area: Re-entry vehicles, paraglider navigation, PCB design for spacecraft — the kind of work that exists at maybe a handful of companies in the world.
The Company
Our client is building the return lane from space with reusable vehicles that deliver payloads anywhere on Earth in under 90 minutes. Think FedEx of space with precision landing capability within 50-100 meters.
You'll join a mission-critical 25-person team backed by $37M in contracts from NASA, U.S. Army, and Air Force. With four total missions lined up - you'll see your work fly to space and back.
Benefits
- Incentive Stock Options
- Annual Performance-Based Bonus
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- PTO
- 401k with Company match
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $180,000.00 - $220,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) 2% match
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Do you have 5+ years of experience in full-cycle avionics/electrical hardware design and build for aerospace applications?
- Do you have Aerospace experience — hardware flown or integrated on spacecraft, re-entry vehicles, or defense platforms?
- Do you have Full-lifecycle PCB/PCBA experience: design, schematic capture, layout, assembly, and hardware integration?
Work Location: In person
