Avionics Systems Engineer (Starship) - Starbase TX

Responsibilities

• Represent the Starship avionics system throughout all stages of integration, from production and test all the way through GO for launch
• Triage, troubleshoot, root cause, and repair electrical hardware issues on an aggressive production schedule
• Drive future improvements to minimize prevent reoccurrence
• Support vehicle pad and flight operations as avionics operator responsible for evaluating vehicle health, resolving issues real time, and recommending path forward
• Contribute to new avionics vehicle architectures that minimize mass, cost, and labor through collaboration with adjacent teams and supporting analysis

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field, science, or math
• 1+ years of experience with electrical component design, system level integration of electronic components or system level testing
• 1+ years of experience using software tools such as Matlab, C++ or Python

Qualifications

• Competence with electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.)
• Creative problem solving that can bring multiple disciplines together with the ability to assess risk and make design/development decisions without all available data
• Experience troubleshooting sensors, actuators, and electrical components
• Experience with 3D CAD software
• Software fluency, enabling automation of test or analysis tasks
• Self-motivated with strong multi-tasking, organizational and communication skills
• Able to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere

Skills

• Operations experience in flight test, piloting aircraft, or controlling other high consequence systems in real time

Benefits

• Extended hours and weekend work frequently required to support critical project and mission milestones
• Position located in Starbase, Texas
• Travel to other SpaceX facilities may be intermittently required

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