Avionics Electrical Engineer (Electric Propulsion)
$105,000–$135,000 year
On-siteRedondo Beach, California, United States
Redondo Beach, California, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$105,000–$135,000 yearBachelors DegreeSmall
Full TimeBachelors DegreeSmall
Job Summary
Design and test custom circuit boards for spacecraft electric propulsion systems, focusing on actuator drivers and power converters. Perform rigorous analyses and simulations of avionics devices, define hardware interfaces, and verify requirements. Act as the Responsible Engineering authority for your hardware, owning the design from board bring-up and debugging in the lab through qualification and flight operations. Partner with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, propulsion, and test teams to contribute to all aspects of spacecraft electronics development.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Proficiency with electronic component selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and layout
- Knowledge of analog and power circuit design including analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, op-amps, filtering, power and signal integrity, etc.
- Hands on experience troubleshooting electronics problems at the board level
- Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
- 3+ years of experience developing spaceflight avionics
- Demonstrated experience with Altium Designer
- Demonstrated experience doing new development and hands-on 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
- Applicant must be either a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident, individual granted asylum, or admitted in U.S. refugee status) or eligible to obtain an export license from U.S. government agencies
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