DESCRIPTION

As an Avionics Electrical Engineer, you will design, simulate, manufacture, and test custom circuit boards and other avionics devices. You will work directly with software engineers, propulsion engineers, GNC engineers, and others. You will have the opportunity to contribute to many aspects of spacecraft electronics development, including initial concepts, schematic/layout, design reviews, bench testing, and manufacturing.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 2+ years experience designing electronics
• Demonstrated experience doing schematics/layout for circuit boards
• Proficiency with electronics component selection, basic circuit design, and basic circuit analysis
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting electronics problems at the board level or system level
• Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Experience designing products for a rocket, spacecraft, drone, car, boat, or other vehicle
• Experience with Altium Designer
• Experience doing new development work for any of the following: optics, star trackers, cameras, motors, reaction wheels, batteries, harnessing, ethernet switches, FPGAs, antennas, or any other specialized area relevant to spacecraft or rockets
• Experience working with circuit board fabrication/assembly vendors
• Experience in a startup or agile development environment

• Execute on schematics and layout for flight circuit boards
• Perform analyses and simulations of avionics devices and systems
• Bring up new circuit boards in the lab, performing rigorous bench testing of many aspects of electronics
• Work with engineers from other departments to ensure devices work cross-functionally and are efficient at the system level
• Own hardware through qualification and flight operations