Avionics Engineer (Digital Electronics)

Responsibilities

• Digital and mixed-signal board design across the spacecraft
• High-speed interfaces and the signal-integrity work behind them
• Combined power-and-data links between boards
• Sensor and actuator front ends: conditioning and level shifting, and the interfaces between microcontrollers, compute modules, and the physical world
• Connectors and interconnects between subsystems, including the silicon and board layout for the links between vehicles
• Schematic capture, layout, signal-integrity analysis, bring-up, and test, in close partnership with firmware and software

Requirements

• Basic Qualifications
• Degree in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience
• [Senior level only] 5+ years of relevant experience
• Digital board design with microcontrollers and/or applications processors, memory, and standard buses (I2C, SPI, UART)
• High-speed design and signal integrity: controlled-impedance routing, differential pairs, and proper termination for interfaces like Ethernet, USB, MIPI/CSI, or PCIe
• Schematic capture and PCB layout in KiCad or Altium, through bring-up
• Bench skills with scopes, logic and protocol analyzers, and patient board debug

• Preferred Qualifications
• Ethernet switching and networking hardware: managed switch ICs, PHYs, and Power-over-Ethernet.
• Mixed-signal and sensor interface design (time-of-flight, magnetometers, IMUs, cameras)
• Spaceflight or other high-reliability hardware
• Writing enough firmware to bring up your own boards

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications
• Basic Qualifications

• Preferred Qualifications
• Preferred Qualifications

Pay & Benefits

• Engineer: $85,000 - $135,000
• Senior Engineer: $135,000 - $165,000

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year

ITAR Requirements

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Opportunity

• Rendezvous Robotics is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Rendezvous Robotics is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.