Sr Avionics Hardware Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test spacecraft avionics systems
• Lead the design and analysis of vehicle power systems, including power generation, energy storage, regulation, and distribution architectures
• Perform hands-on fabrication, assembly, and testing of engineering-level hardware, including building and modifying wire harnesses, soldering components, and integrating sensor systems for rapid prototyping and troubleshooting
• Design for the space environment, applying principles of radiation hardening (TID, SEE) to ensure system reliability
• Perform analysis and select components to meet mission radiation requirements
• Define and manage requirements for various sensors (e.g., IMUs, star trackers, magnetometers, pressure transducers, temperature sensors) and their corresponding electrical interfaces (e.g., analog, SPI, I2C, UART, RS-422, CAN, Ethernet)
• Collaborate with mechanical and thermal engineering teams to influence vehicle layout, packaging, connector selection, and overall system design to meet avionics requirements
• Create comprehensive test plans, procedures, and reports for hardware verification and validation at the board, box, and system levels
• Troubleshoot complex hardware issues across integrated systems and support vehicle-level testing and launch campaigns
• Generate and maintain electrical power budgets encompassing all power consumption and generation/storage margin management by mission phase

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 7+ years of experience in avionics and power hardware development for aerospace, defense, automotive, or other high-reliability applications
• Demonstrated experience as a hands-on engineer, with direct experience designing, building, and reworking wire harnesses and prototype electronics
• Strong understanding of designing for the space radiation environment and its effects on electronic components
• Experience working with a variety of sensor types and their associated analog and digital interfaces
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium Designer or Cadence

Qualifications

• Master of Science in a related technical discipline
• Experience with end-to-end development of avionics for a spaceflight mission
• Experience with environmental testing (thermal, vacuum, vibration, shock) per standards like SMC-S-016 or MIL-STD-810
• Proven experience in the design and analysis of power generation, energy storage, power electronics and power distribution systems (photovoltaics, DC/DC converters, battery systems, fault protection, etc.)
• Familiarity with systems engineering processes, including requirements management and verification