Space Avionics Engineer — Equity & Autonomous Systems

Inflection Managing Partner, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity incentives

28 Days Annual Leave

Medical, dental & vision coverage

Contributory pension

Collaborative, multidisciplinary team

Job summary

Lodestar is seeking a mid-level Avionics hardware engineer to help design, implement, and validate avionics architectures for autonomous space platforms. You will work across concept, simulation, hardware testing, and on-orbit readiness with a multidisciplinary team.

Join a mission‑driven team developing MITHRIL, our AI-enabled autonomy suite, and contribute to end-to-end hardware integration, qualification, and flight readiness across high-reliability space systems.

Qualifications

• BEng/MEng in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of professional electronics hardware experience.
• Expertise in PCB design, layout, and hardware bring-up.
• Knowledge of high-speed interfaces and signal integrity.
• Hardware debugging and fault isolation skills.
• Experience with lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, DAQs, analyzers).
• Ability to define board/system architecture and lead reviews.
• Hands-on electrical assembly including soldering/harness work.

Responsibilities

• Define and own avionics subsystem architectures.
• Design, layout, bring-up and validation of PCBs for high-speed digital avionics systems.
• Lead design reviews and drive technical decisions across hardware lifecycle.
• Conduct hardware debugging and system-level testing with lab instrumentation.
• Build, test, and maintain electrical harnesses and wiring for flight hardware.
• Collaborate with mechanical, systems and software teams for integration.
• Support environmental qualification and verification testing (EMC, vibration, thermal vacuum).

Skills

PCB Design

High-Speed Interfaces

Hardware Bring-Up/Testing

Signal Integrity

Soldering & Harness Fabrication

Lab Instrumentation

Education

BEng/MEng in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

DAQs

Logic Analyzers

Power Supplies

Job description

Lodestar is seeking a mid-level Avionics hardware engineer to help design, implement, and validate avionics architectures for autonomous space platforms. You will work across concept, simulation, hardware testing, and on-orbit readiness with a multidisciplinary team.

Join a mission‑driven team developing MITHRIL, our AI-enabled autonomy suite, and contribute to end-to-end hardware integration, qualification, and flight readiness across high-reliability space systems.