Director of Avionics Architecture & Flight Electronics

Apex; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare coverage

PTO 15–20 days

401(k) with matching

Parental leave

Daily catered lunch

Office in Playa Vista

Stock options

Job summary

Apex builds productized satellite buses that scale, including LEO Aries, GEO Aries, Nova, and Comet. The Director of Avionics owns the architecture, development, and delivery of flight electronics across existing and new product lines, while leading the avionics discipline with strategic vision and hands-on technical leadership.

You will mentor a growing team of flight computers, wiring, and power electronics engineers while partnering with flight software, mechanical, propulsion, and production

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in Electrical/Computer/Aerospace engineering.
• 8+ years in avionics, electrical hardware, embedded electronics, or high-reliability hardware.
• Demonstrated people-management and leadership across hardware teams.
• Ability to guide architectural decisions for multiple disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead avionics engineering team and set technical roadmap.
• Own architecture and delivery of flight computers and power systems.
• Drive reliability through fault-tolerant, redundant avionics architectures.
• Collaborate with flight software, mechanical, propulsion, and production teams.

Skills

Avionics hardware

Embedded computing

People management

System architecture

Cross-functional leadership

Technical judgment

Hands-on hardware

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer/Aerospace engineering

Tools

FPGA/SoC hardware

EMI/EMC testing

Radiation-hardness analysis

Job description

Apex builds productized satellite buses that scale, including LEO Aries, GEO Aries, Nova, and Comet. The Director of Avionics owns the architecture, development, and delivery of flight electronics across existing and new product lines, while leading the avionics discipline with strategic vision and hands-on technical leadership.

You will mentor a growing team of flight computers, wiring, and power electronics engineers while partnering with flight software, mechanical, propulsion, and production