Avionics Engineer for Lunar Rovers — End-to-End Ownership

Venturi Astrolab, Inc.; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Flexible PTO

On-site snacks

Job summary

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. is seeking an Avionics Engineer (All Levels) in Hawthorne, California to own avionics units from concept to qualification and flight integration on lunar rover platforms.

You will decide between COTS components or in-house designs, balancing radiation, thermal, and reliability requirements for lunar operation. The role covers entry-level through staff levels, with leveling based on experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) related field.
• 1+ years of experience in avionics component design, spacecraft systems design, or electronics integration and test.
• Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, function generators, and logic analyzers.

Responsibilities

• Unit Ownership: Serve as Responsible Engineer for avionics units across applications including Command & Data Handling, Guidance Navigation & Control, power, motor control, and communication systems, from concept through build, qualification, flight integration, and operations.
• Make/Buy & Component Selection: Lead make/buy trades for avionics units. Identify, evaluate, and qualify COTS components against mission requirements, including radiation, thermal, and reliability considerations for the lunar environment.
• Vendor Management: Work with external vendors to specify, develop, and deliver custom avionics products. Define requirements and interface control documents, review vendor designs, and drive delivery schedules and technical issues to closure.
• Design & Development: Design in-house avionics hardware where it is the right answer, including component selection, design analysis, schematic capture, circuit board design, board bring-up, debugging, and design documentation.
• Analysis & Trades: Conduct system-level trades, power efficiency and signal integrity analysis, worst-case analysis, and FMECA to ensure avionics units are robust, fault-tolerant, and meet mission requirements.
• Qualification & Test: Develop and execute test campaigns to qualify units for spaceflight, bringing components through vibration, shock, TVAC, EMI/EMC, and radiation testing. Partner with test engineers on test plans and coverage.
• Integration: Interface with mechanical, software, manufacturing, and test engineers to ensure seamless subsystem integration, and support vehicle-level integration, troubleshooting, and failure investigations.

Skills

Experience with avionics

Lab equipment proficiency

Schematic capture and PCB design

FPGA/MCU embedded systems

Digital communication protocols (RS--,

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

LTspice

MATLAB

Python

Altium

E3

Siemens NX

Job description

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. is seeking an Avionics Engineer (All Levels) in Hawthorne, California to own avionics units from concept to qualification and flight integration on lunar rover platforms.

You will decide between COTS components or in-house designs, balancing radiation, thermal, and reliability requirements for lunar operation. The role covers entry-level through staff levels, with leveling based on experience.