Avionics Electrical Engineer

Avionics Electrical Engineer (All levels)

Department: Avionics

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach

Reporting To: Zachary Kowalczyk

Compensation: $100,000 - $175,000 / year

As an Avionics Electrical Engineer, you will design 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 all aspects of spacecraft electronics development, from architecting new systems to building and operating them.

• Contribute to new spacecraft avionics architecture trades
• Develop circuit boards for spacecraft, with an emphasis on power and mixed-signal electronics
• Perform rigorous analyses and simulations of avionics devices and systems
• Own hardware from board bring-up and debugging of hardware in the lab through qualification and flight operations
• Establish and maintain high technical standards and mentor less experienced engineers
• Partner with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing and test teams

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 2+ years professional experience designing electronics for rockets, spacecraft, or other vehicles
• Proficiency with electronic component selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and layout
• Knowledge of mixed-signal and analog circuit design including analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, opamps, fault management, filtering, signal integrity, etc.
• Hands on experience troubleshooting electronics problems at the board level
• Desire to improve team processes and train other team members
• Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Experience with Altium Designer
• Experience doing new development work for any of the following: power converters, load switches, engine controllers, processors, or any other specialized area relevant to spacecraft or rockets
• Experience in a startup or agile development environment

Flexible schedule and willing to travel as needed

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options
, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan
.

Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies.

Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space 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.