Director, Avionics & Spaceflight Systems

Outpost; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

1st-class equity

PTO + holidays

401(k) match

Lunch stipend

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

Outpost, an orbital logistics company, is seeking an avionics leader to design, test, and deliver flight and ground hardware for Earth-return vehicles. You will own avionics architecture, collaborate across engineering domains, and guide development from requirements through flight and re-entry.

You will lead a small avionics team, interface with vendors, and partner with leadership on budgeting and scheduling.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing and building electrical hardware for high-reliability apps (aerospace/defense/auto).
• First principles electrical engineering knowledge.
• Experience with PCB/PCBA design, bring-up and test.

Responsibilities

• Capture vehicle avionics requirements.
• Evaluate new EEE components and hardware designs.
• Prototype new avionics hardware.
• Own development of flight, ground, and test hardware.
• Interface with external vendors.
• Manage a small team including flight/software/avionics engineers.
• Define avionics design, manufacturing, test and conops procedures.
• Interface with leadership for project management, budgeting, hiring, and scheduling.

Skills

Electrical eng

PCB/PCBA design

Embedded software

Qualification testing

Reliability eng

C/C++

Python

Education

B.S. in EE/CE/Physics

Tools

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Radiation testing

Job description

Outpost, an orbital logistics company, is seeking an avionics leader to design, test, and deliver flight and ground hardware for Earth-return vehicles. You will own avionics architecture, collaborate across engineering domains, and guide development from requirements through flight and re-entry.

You will lead a small avionics team, interface with vendors, and partner with leadership on budgeting and scheduling.