Avionics HITL Systems Engineer (Starfall)

VetJobs; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks an Avionics System Engineer for HITL to design and validate avionics hardware and software systems that will fly on space vehicles. You will build HITL platforms, deploy validation software, and troubleshoot hardware issues with speed and precision.

The role emphasizes interdisciplinary work across software, hardware, and vehicle integration, requiring hands-on experience in Python, testing, and aerospace hardware. On-site in Hawthorne, CA, with a demanding schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or physics
• 1+ years of hardware development or electronics test engineering via professional experience, internships, research and/or outside the classroom projects
• 1+ years of python programming experience

Responsibilities

• Develop HITL systems for in-house developed avionics hardware products that will fly to space
• Develop software to monitor and validate performance of HITL hardware systems including OTS equipment and flight avionics
• Develop automation in Python to deploy software to avionics boxes in HITL system as well as PXI chassis in racks
• Design HITL harnessing connecting avionics boxes together in a similar manner to the flight vehicle
• Triage, troubleshoot, root cause, and repair electrical hardware issues on HITL tables at an aggressive production schedule.

Skills

Python programming

Hardware development

Electronics testing

3D CAD

Automation

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/CS/physics

Tools

Multimeters

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Job description

SpaceX seeks an Avionics System Engineer for HITL to design and validate avionics hardware and software systems that will fly on space vehicles. You will build HITL platforms, deploy validation software, and troubleshoot hardware issues with speed and precision.

The role emphasizes interdisciplinary work across software, hardware, and vehicle integration, requiring hands-on experience in Python, testing, and aerospace hardware. On-site in Hawthorne, CA, with a demanding schedule.