Avionics Systems Engineer; Crew Starship
Listed on 2026-01-16
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Engineering
Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Electrical Engineering
Space
X was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today Space
X is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
Become a part of the Crew Starship Avionics team and support the mission to revolutionize orbital flight and space travel - opening access for humankind to establish new frontiers in space, and ultimately make humans a multi‑planetary species.
The Crew Starship Avionics team has taken the challenge to develop avionics for the Space
X Human Landing System, which will soon carry astronauts to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis program. Across all systems, from communications to power, to life support, to navigation, and even creature comforts, our team's hardware will safely support astronauts on their lunar mission while humanity looks on. This will be one of the most sophisticated and largest crewed vehicles flown in space, and will be developed at a cost and rate previously considered unthinkable in the space industry.
Become a part of this fast‑moving, ব্যবহারকারী‑friendly development team, work with exceptionally talented engineers, and achieve truly audacious goals. If you’re ready for a challenge and would like to help take humanity back to the moon, you’ve come to the right place!
- Act as responsible engineer for avionics vehicle systems, across design, integration, test, and launch of vehicles
- Define detailed system design, including system interconnect schematics, consumable budgets, harness and channel capabilities, fault tolerance, reliability, hardware manifest, vehicle risk, and configuration change management
- Work collaboratively with customers and experts from other teams to perform system trades, define vehicle architecture, and scope new designs as they move from concept, through prototype, and into production
- Analyze and track key performance metrics for avionics systems from concept to the field, and assess new designs to optimize manufacturability, quality, and cost
- Work with avionics production to triage, troubleshoot, root cause, and repair issues from initial integration through critical pad operations
- Act as the system lead for projects, including creating, maintaining, and communicating development schedules
- Directly support NASA with deliverables for Crew Starship milestones
- Support vehicle pad and flight operations as Avionics specialist responsible for evaluating vehicle health, resolving issues in real time, and recommending a path forward
- Verify test coverage and flight readiness for avionics system hardware, and validate that as‑built vehicles are "GO for launch"
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering, or another engineering discipline
- 2+ years of experience with electrical component design, system level integration of electronic components, or system level testing (research and extracurricular academic projects qualify)
- Passion for spaceflight and high‑reliability electronic systems
- Experience with system trades and first‑hand knowledge of how requirements tie hardware to larger systems
- Self‑starter with experience making hardware work within demanding time and resource constraints
- Creative problem solver with strong first‑principle fundamentals across multiple disciplines to assess risk and make design and development decisions without complete data
- Hands‑on experience with sizing, installation and troubleshooting of various electronic components
- Experience with wire harness design and build, including associated sub‑components
- Experience with NX or similar CAD design software
- Experience with Altium or similar PCBA design software
- Experience with system design and testing for hardware sub‑systems such as RF, power, communications, human interface, and sensors
- Familiarity with electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.) and basic analysis techniques
- Experience writing engineering software for test automation, data review, and design analysis,…
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