Avionics Systems Engineer (Falcon & Dragon)

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in California is seeking an Avionics Systems Engineer for Falcon & Dragon to bridge analysis, design, and production across integration to launch.

You will troubleshoot real-time on vehicle, own system verification, and drive new designs to improve performance and maintain an aggressive launch cadence.

This role requires collaboration across mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines to ensure safety and reliability of crew and payload.

Qualifications

• Experience analyzing avionics systems for aerospace vehicles.
• Ability to evaluate designs and develop validation techniques.
• Strong focus on reliability, cost, and manufacturability.

Responsibilities

• Represent Falcon & Dragon avionics throughout integration, test, launch, and refurbishment.
• Troubleshoot prototype and production assemblies on aggressive schedules.
• Collaborate with teams and customers to define scope and requirements.
• Develop tools and processes to support high launch rates.
• Assess new designs for manufacturability, quality, and cost.
• Lead system projects with schedules and resource planning.
• Develop and document avionics verification for flight hardware.

Skills

Systems engineering

Avionics

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Design for manufacturability

Project leadership

Job description

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

AVIONICS SYSTEMS ENGINEER (FALCON & DRAGON)

As a systems engineer in Falcon & Dragon Avionics, you will have the unique opportunity to be part of a cross functional team of engineers that bridge the gap between vehicle analysis, design, and production extending through vehicle operations. You’ll be part of a team that owns a wide scope, combining mechanical, electrical and software engineering practices to enable an unprecedented launch rate while maintaining a high reliability to ensure mission success.

Your creativity and relentless commitment to quality will be expected to analyze systems designs, define new processes, develop system validation techniques and introduce new designs in order to improve vehicle performance, bring down cost and sustain an aggressive launch rate for the leading launch vehicle in the world. You will also put your engineering knowledge to the test by performing real-time troubleshooting on the vehicle as it goes from the integration phase through launch operations. Our fundamental goal is to allow humanity to explore the stars; with it comes extreme responsibility to ensure the safety of the crew and payload.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Represent the Falcon & Dragon avionics system throughout all stages of integration, from production and test all the way through launch and refurbishment
• Troubleshoot issues on prototype and production assemblies on an aggressive production schedule
• Work collaboratively with other teams and customers to define the scope of development projects and initial product requirements as new designs move from concept, through prototype, and into production
• Develop tools and processes to support an unprecedented launch rate
• Perform design and manufacturing assessments of new designs and drive optimization for manufacturability, quality, and cost
• Be the lead on system projects including creation, maintenance, and communication of development schedules with sufficient detail to ensure that all assigned personnel are aware of theirs tasks and deadlines as well as identify internal and external resources required to support the project
• Develop, execute, and document the avionics system verification on flight and flight-representative hardware at the system-level and validate the as-built vehicle is “go for launch