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Avionics Systems Engineer (Starship)

SpaceX· Starship Avionics Engineering
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Hybrid (Starbase, TX)Full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Starship Avionics Systems & Operations Engineer responsible for cradle-to-grave avionics ownership of Starship, spanning design, production, testing, launch, recovery, and re-launch. Leads electrical design, fault diagnosis, and real-time operations support, with cross-functional collaboration to optimize architectures.

Responsibilities

  • Represent the Starship avionics system throughout all stages of integration, from production and test all the way through GO for launch
  • Triage, troubleshoot, root cause, and repair electrical hardware issues on an aggressive production schedule. Drive future improvements to minimize prevent reoccurrence
  • Support vehicle pad and flight operations as avionics operator responsible for evaluating vehicle health, resolving issues real time, and recommending path forward
  • Contribute to new avionics vehicle architectures that minimize mass, cost, and labor through collaboration with adjacent teams and supporting analysis

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field, science, or math
  • 1+ years of experience with electrical component design, system level integration of electronic components or system level testing
  • 1+ years of experience using software tools such as Matlab, C++ or Python

Skills

Required:Electrical component designSystem level testingMatlab, C++, Python
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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