Avionics Hardware Engineer - End-to-End Flight Electronics

Lumera Talent; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumera Talent is partnering with a fast-growing defense technology company to bring a flagship avionics system from flight test into production. You will own avionics hardware end-to-end, from architecture to production support, and drive critical design decisions for power, interfaces, and system tradeoffs.

You will lead debugging from lab to flight test, define validation plans (thermal, EMI/EMC), and document designs while coordinating with manufacturing and suppliers to scale to production.

Qualifications

• End-to-end ownership of avionics or high-reliability electronics.
• Hands-on PCB design, bring-up and lab debugging.
• Ability to work autonomously and drive issues to closure.
• BS in Electrical Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Own avionics hardware end to end: architecture, schematics, PCB layout, bring-up, and production support.
• Drive design decisions on components, power, interfaces (CAN, RS-422, SPI, Ethernet), and system tradeoffs.
• Lead debugging and root-cause analysis from the lab through integration and flight test.
• Define validation plans, from prototype checkout to qualification testing (thermal, vibe, EMI/EMC).
• Document designs and test results, and partner with manufacturing and suppliers to scale to production.

Skills

Avionics hardware ownership

PCB layout & bring-up

Autonomous problem solving

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

Lab debugging tools

Job description

Lumera Talent is partnering with a fast-growing defense technology company to bring a flagship avionics system from flight test into production. You will own avionics hardware end-to-end, from architecture to production support, and drive critical design decisions for power, interfaces, and system tradeoffs.

You will lead debugging from lab to flight test, define validation plans (thermal, EMI/EMC), and document designs while coordinating with manufacturing and suppliers to scale to production.