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Lead Avionics Engineer

Impulse· Avionics
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Redondo Beach, CA$145k - $175kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Lead Avionics Engineer responsible for developing the Avionic systems for Impulse Space's next generation of space vehicles, managing a team of electrical engineers, and contributing across architecture, design, testing, and operation of spacecraft electronics.

Responsibilities

  • Drive program execution and schedule
  • Own system trades and analysis, requirement tracking, and risk mitigation
  • Support hardware from concept through design, production, integration, and flight
  • Lead a team of electrical engineers and mechanical engineers responsible for board design, manufacturing, and test
  • Establish and maintain high technical standards and mentor junior engineers
  • Develop qualification and test campaigns to verify designs meet mission requirements
  • Partner with mission managers, firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing and test teams
  • Drive changes that make the system more efficient, manufacturable, and reliable

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • 5+ years professional experience designing electronics for rockets, spacecraft, or other vehicles
  • Experience with electronic component selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and layout
  • Knowledge of analog and digital circuit design, power management, microcontrollers, digital and high-speed interfaces (SPI, ethernet, RS-422, etc.)
  • Hands on experience troubleshooting electronics problems at the board level
  • 1+ years of experience leading a team or technical project

Skills

Required:Electronics design for rockets/spacecraftComponent selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, layoutAnalog and digital circuit design, power managementMicrocontrollers and high-speed interfaces (SPI, ethernet, RS-422)Leadership / team management

Benefits

  • long-term incentives in the form of stock options
  • medical, vision & dental coverage
  • access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Last updated Jul 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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