Avionics Engineer: Flight Hardware & Equity

Swarm Aero; Oxnard (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive base salary

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision, 4

PTO and paid sick leave

Monthly wellness stipend

Office lunch

Job summary

Swarm Aero seeks an avionics engineer to own electrical/electronic systems for swarming UAVs. You’ll integrate flight computers, sensors, radios, and power harnesses, working closely with the embedded software team on hardware bench testing and flight readiness.

The role suits early-career engineers crossing mechanical and electrical disciplines, including ME or EE backgrounds, with hands-on project work and a willingness to travel to testing sites; U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or Computer Engineering.
• 1 to 4 years hands-on experience with aircraft, UAVs, or comparable hardware systems.
• Working knowledge of electrical and mechanical design: reading schematics, harness design, and 3D CAD.

Responsibilities

• Design, integrate, and test avionics subsystems including flight computers, GPS/INS, air data, datalinks, radios, and payload interfaces.
• Develop wiring harness designs, connector pinouts, and power distribution architecture, and get them built and installed.
• Build and run bench test setups and hardware-in-the-loop rigs with the embedded software team.
• Support ground testing, integration testing, and flight test campaigns from preflight checks to post-flight data review.
• Troubleshoot hardware issues across electrical, mechanical, and software boundaries.
• Package avionics into the airframe with attention to weight, thermal, vibration, and maintainability.
• Help define and execute qualification testing for environmental, power quality, and EMI/EMC requirements.
• Write the documentation that lets the next person build, test, and fix it.

Skills

Electrical design

Mechanical design

3D CAD

Schematic reading

Harness design

Lab testing

PCB testing

Education

BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

Capital

E3.series

SolidWorks Electrical

Job description

Swarm Aero seeks an avionics engineer to own electrical/electronic systems for swarming UAVs. You’ll integrate flight computers, sensors, radios, and power harnesses, working closely with the embedded software team on hardware bench testing and flight readiness.

The role suits early-career engineers crossing mechanical and electrical disciplines, including ME or EE backgrounds, with hands-on project work and a willingness to travel to testing sites; U.S. citizenship is required.