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Outpost · 3 months ago

Senior Avionics Engineer

Los Angeles, CA 90066

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$115K/yr - $185K/yr

6+ years exp

Outpostspace is pioneering Earth return logistics for space, building vehicles that can return payloads from orbit safely and precisely. The Senior Avionics Engineer will be responsible for the design, testing, and production of electronic systems for Earth return vehicles, collaborating with engineers across multiple domains to create efficient solutions.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceLogisticsManufacturing

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop electrical architectures, design circuits, capture schematics, and lay out PCBAs

Design custom electrical harnesses and oversee harness builds

Make build vs. buy decisions to best satisfy design, schedule, and budget requirements

Develop and support electrical ground equipment and test hardware, including HITL and FlatSat setups

Drive root-cause analysis and troubleshooting of electronics-related issues in spacecraft and ground systems

Interface directly with external vendors to ensure that hardware is delivered on time and with expected quality

Contribute to defining avionics team best practices such as documentation, design reviews, and hardware-related development processes

Qualification

Electrical hardware designHigh-reliability applicationsElectrical test equipmentSoftware scripting in PythonEmbedded systems designSystem-level debuggingTask prioritizationTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or related field

6+ years of experience designing and building electrical hardware for high-reliability applications such as aerospace, defense, or automotive

Hands-on experience with electrical test equipment (e.g., multimeters, signal generators, oscilloscopes, electronic loads)

You must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Preferred

8+ years of relevant experience

Ability to write software scripts to automate hardware testing in Python or a similar language

Prior clean-sheet design projects in one or more of the following areas: embedded systems, power distribution, instrumentation and sensor selection, avionics, analog and mixed-signal circuits

Experience designing electronics which balance radiation tolerance with budgetary and schedule constraints

Ability to work in an autonomously driven startup environment and independently prioritize tasks

Experience with integrating a vehicle system and/or debugging system-level electrical issues