Avionics Engineer: Design, Integrate & Test Aircraft Electronics

Poseidon Aerospace; California; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Relocation support

Health benefits

Retirement matching

Flexible PTO

Free meals and snacks

AI tools

Job summary

Poseidon Aerospace in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking an Avionics Engineer to define and build the electrical and mission systems for our autonomous cargo aircraft. You will take hardware from block diagram to bench to aircraft, and support it through ground and flight test.

The role requires hands-on experience with power distribution, flight computers, datalinks, and data buses, plus willingness to travel to flight test sites and collaborate with flight software, GNC, airframe, and

Qualifications

• B.S. in electrical or aerospace engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years designing or integrating electrical/electronic systems on vehicles.
• Proficiency with schematic capture or harness design tools such as Altium, AutoCAD Electrical, or Capital.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the electrical and avionics architecture of the aircraft, mission systems, and ground control station.
• Design and integrate power generation, storage, and distribution, and maintain the electrical load analysis.
• Select and integrate flight computers, mission computers, actuators, sensors, radios, and datalinks.
• Produce system schematics, interface control documents, and wire harness drawings.
• Support harness fabrication, installation, and checkout on the aircraft.
• Configure and troubleshoot data buses (CAN, ARINC 429, RS-232/485, Ethernet).
• Design grounding, bonding, and shielding to control EMI/EMC.
• Specify and install flight test instrumentation and data acquisition hardware.
• Build and maintain bench and hardware-in-the-loop test setups.
• Write and run acceptance and functional test procedures for avionics hardware.
• Troubleshoot hardware on the aircraft during ground and flight test, including travel to our flight test site.
• Work with flight software, GNC, airframe, propulsion, and flight test on interfaces and installation.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Aerospace experience

Schematic capture tools

Hardware troubleshooting

Power distribution knowledge

Education

B.S. in electrical or aerospace engineering or related field

Tools

Altium

AutoCAD Electrical

Capital

Job description

Poseidon Aerospace in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking an Avionics Engineer to define and build the electrical and mission systems for our autonomous cargo aircraft. You will take hardware from block diagram to bench to aircraft, and support it through ground and flight test.

The role requires hands-on experience with power distribution, flight computers, datalinks, and data buses, plus willingness to travel to flight test sites and collaborate with flight software, GNC, airframe, and