Job Details

We are a stealth-mode Aerospace & Defense startup headquartered in El Segundo, CA. Our founding team hails from SpaceX, Anduril, and Lockheed Martin, and we are backed by Joint Staff-level military leadership and several Silicon Valley firms. With a world-class business development & leadership team already in place, we are well positioned to capitalize on already overwhelming demand.

Job Overview:
Were seeking a Lead Avionics Engineer to own the design, manufacturing, and integration of the embedded electronics stack that powers our next-generation flight systems. Youll be responsible for the full lifecycle of flight-critical PCB designsfrom block diagrams and part selection to layout, firmware integration, and bring-up.

Youll work closely with flight software, mechanical, and GNC teams to deliver . If youve built complex mixed-signal embedded systems that had to work the first time, and you want to lead the development of the most critical hardware on a system that mattersthis role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and design embedded avionics systems including power, compute, sensing, actuation, and communication subsystems
• Lead schematic design, component selection, PCB layout, and design reviews
• Own the integration of flight electronics with firmware and flight software teams
• Manage board-level bring-up, debugging, and validation in lab and field test environments
• Guide board-level manufacturing, testing, and assembly processes (both in-house and external vendors)
• Define and enforce electrical system-level requirements, interfaces, and standards across subsystems
• Establish test procedures for validation, environmental, and EMC/ESD qualification
• Build and mentor a high-performance hardware team as the company scales
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
• 7+ years of experience designing, building, and testing embedded electronics for aerospace, defense, robotics, or automotive systems
• Proven experience delivering complex, multi-board avionics or embedded systems from concept to production
• Strong proficiency in schematic capture, layout (Altium preferred), and board-level signal and power integrity design
• Experience with embedded microcontrollers, digital buses (CAN, SPI, UART, I2C), sensor integration, and power regulation
• Familiarity with environmental design constraints including thermal, EMI/EMC, shock, and vibration

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree or equivalent experience in avionics or high-reliability hardware systems
• Experience with radiation-tolerant design practices or high-altitude avionics
• Familiarity with NVIDIA Jetson platforms, STM32, RP2040, or other aerospace-class embedded systems
• Experience in design-for-manufacture and supply chain planning for high-mix, low-volume aerospace production
• Experience with rapid prototyping, in-house assembly, and validation test campaigns
• Prior work in systems where the hardware must survive extreme environments (missiles, launch vehicles, hypersonic systems)