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What You'll Get To Do

• Lead the architecture, design, and selection of avionics hardware, including flight computers, sensors, power systems, and communication interfaces.
• Define and implement interfaces between flight components (e.g., flight computers, sensors, actuators, power systems, radios).
• Develop and maintain hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test environments to support software development, integration, and verification.
• Own battery sizing and power system analysis, including load analysis, margins, thermal considerations, and mission profiles.
• Support system integration, ground testing, and flight testing, including troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with external vendors and suppliers to define requirements, evaluate components, manage technical trade studies, and support procurement.
• Author and review technical documentation, including requirements, interface control documents (ICDs), schematics, test plans, and verification reports.
• Ensure avionics designs meet aerospace standards, reliability, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across avionics and flight systems teams.
• Collaborate with GN&C, Aerodynamics, and Structures engineering disciplines to ascertain system requirements and meet technical program needs

What You Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in avionics or aerospace electrical systems engineering.
• Proven experience with flight computer hardware design and/or selection.
• Strong background in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing and integration.
• Hands-on experience defining and implementing interfaces between flight components.
• Demonstrated experience with battery sizing, power budgets, and power system design.
• Experience working with outside vendors, including technical evaluations and supplier coordination.
• Proficiency reading and creating schematics, wiring diagrams, and interface documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting and systems-level thinking skills.
• Key Competencies: systems-level avionics expertise; cross-functional collaboration; vendor and supplier management; technical leadership and mentorship; clear technical communication

What Will Set You Apart

• Experience with DO-160, DO-254, DO-178, or similar aerospace standards.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, buses and protocols (CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, etc.).
• Experience supporting flight test campaigns.
• Background in UAV, space systems, eVTOL, missiles, launch vehicles, or experimental aircraft.
• Experience with environmental testing (vibration, thermal, EMI/EMC).