Firefly Aerospace · 19 hours ago
Avionics Electrical Engineer II
Cedar Park, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expFirefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. The Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer will develop electrical components for launch vehicles and spacecraft systems, participating in design, integration, testing, and qualification activities throughout the hardware development cycle.
AerospaceAir TransportationSatellite Communication
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop new features and functionality as part of the design team for our common avionics platform used across launch vehicles and spacecraft applications
Participate in technical trade studies, requirement capture, conceptual and detail design activities for new and existing designs
Create and own schematic capture and PCB layout activities, rapid prototyping, EEE component selection, and execute electrical simulations and analyses to support flight, qualification, and test lab PCB assemblies
Work with experts across teams and departments (systems, mechanical, software, test engineering) to develop tightly integrated, high-performance hardware
Understand and implement aerospace guidelines for development and design of electronic assemblies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science (BS) in electrical engineering or equivalent
5+ years of PCB design, hardware systems design, and/or integration experience
Skilled in schematic capture and digital, analog, and power circuit PCB layout
Competent at end-to-end definition, requirement generation, block-diagram design, component selection and circuit simulations
Strong electrical troubleshooting experience with the ability to drive problems to root-cause and closure
Experienced with the usage of test equipment to verify component and circuit function
Excellent organizational skills, and experience working with vendors
Ability to work well with others, be proactive, and execute with minimal guidance
Preferred
Experience developing and testing complex electronic systems combining hardware, firmware, and software
Experience with spacecraft avionics systems design, development, production, test, and operations
Experience using Altium (or similar tools) to design complex aerospace boards
Experience in the V-model design methodology
Understanding of design for space radiation environments and its effects on electronic components
Experience working with a variety of sensor types and their associated analog and digital interfaces
Familiar with NASA GEVS or SMC-016 environmental testing
Benefits
Generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles
Parental leave
Educational reimbursement
Short term disability
Flexible PTO options
Company
Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace is a space company that develops and operates launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles for commercial mission.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$796.56MKey Investors
Northrop GrummanRPM VenturesAE Industrial Partners
2025-08-07IPO
2025-05-29Corporate Round· $50M
2024-11-12Series D· $175M
Leadership Team
Jason Kim
Chief Executive Officer
Eric Salwan
Co-Founder
Recent News
2026-01-19
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