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Avionics Test Engineer (Starship)

SpaceX· Components Test - Starship
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Hawthorne, CA$105k - $140kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Avionics Test Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining test systems for flight avionics hardware (in-house electronics, optics, RF, and electro-mechanical systems) to validate performance under flight-like conditions and help improve reliability and yield.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain custom test solutions for flight hardware consisting of in-house developed electronics, optics, RF antennas and modulators, and electro-mechanical hardware
  • Select commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and/or design custom PCBAs to measure signals, apply flight-like loads, and power units under test
  • Write automation software in Python to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, and production documentation systems
  • Work closely with and provide feedback to responsible design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and test lab teams to drive innovation in design and infrastructure to increase product reliability and yield
  • Root-cause test anomalies and failures during various states of testing and development to ensure they are understood and implement mitigations

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or an engineering discipline with an emphasis in electrical engineering and electronics
  • 1+ years of experience with electronic hardware development or software development (academic projects, internships, and traditional professional experience all qualify)
  • 1+ years of programming experience using Python, MATLAB, or Embedded C/C++

Skills

Required:PythonElectrical engineering fundamentals
Nice to have:MATLABEmbedded C/C++Test equipment

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick leave (policy-based)
  • Other discounts and perks
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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