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Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer

Impulse· Avionics
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Redondo Beach$140k - $180kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer responsible for designing, testing, building, and delivering electrical systems powering spacecraft, including analog, digital, and control electronics, with end-to-end ownership from architecture to flight qualification.

Responsibilities

  • Develop circuit boards for spacecraft, with an emphasis on analog, digital or control electronics
  • Contribute to new spacecraft avionics architecture trade
  • Perform rigorous analyses and simulations of avionics devices and systems
  • Act as the Responsible Engineering authority for your hardware, owning your design from board bring-up and debugging in the lab through qualification and flight operations
  • Define hardware interfaces and verify requirements
  • Establish and maintain high technical standards and mentor less experienced engineers
  • Partner with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing and test teams

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • 5+ years professional experience designing analog, power, or control electronics for spacecraft or similar vehicles
  • Proficiency with electronics component selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and layout
  • Experience troubleshooting electronics problems at the board level or system level
  • Desire to improve team processes and train other team members
  • Ability to work autonomously, communicate clearly, and collaborate across engineering disciplines

Skills

Required:Circuit design (analog, digital or control electronics)Hardware interface definitionAnalysis and simulationBoard bring-up and qualificationLeadership and mentoringCross-disciplinary collaboration

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives in the form of stock options
  • Medical, vision & dental coverage
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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