Director of Avionics & Flight Electronics

Apex Technology, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shared equity in Apex

Best-in-class healthcare: 100% company

Comprehensive PTO: 15–20 days + 10 hol

Competitive 401(k) with match

8 weeks parental leave

Daily catered lunch and snacks

Vibrant office culture

Flexible, well-equipped workspace

Playa Vista office

Impactful work in aerospace

Job summary

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking a Director of Avionics to lead the avionics engineering organization responsible for flight computers, harnessing and power systems across four spacecraft vehicles.

You will own architecture, development, verification, and delivery, while partnering with software, mechanical, propulsion, and production teams to enable scalable, reliable spacecraft hardware. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, this role requires deep technical expertise in avionics and a hands-on

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of avionics/hardware teams.
• Hands-on experience with flight electronics and power systems.
• Strong ability to guide architectural tradeoffs and technical direction.
• Experience delivering complex hardware in aerospace/high-reliability environments.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and program delivery skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Avionics Engineering team and set technical standards.
• Define long-term strategy and architecture for spacecraft electrical systems.
• Own hiring, planning, and resource allocation for growth.
• Lead architecture, design, development, verification, and delivery of flight computers and power systems.
• Stay hands-on in hardware decisions while guiding broader electrical disciplines.
• Drive system-level design trades balancing performance, reliability, cost, and manufacturability.
• Guide hardware development from concept through qualification, flight, and production.
• Establish engineering standards and verification strategies for reliability.
• Collaborate with flight software, mechanical, propulsion, and systems teams for clean integration.
• Own execution and delivery across multiple spacecraft programs.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and repeated design heritage.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Strategic vision

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field

Tools

Flight Computers

Embedded Compute

Power Electronics

Electrical Harnessing

Job description

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking a Director of Avionics to lead the avionics engineering organization responsible for flight computers, harnessing and power systems across four spacecraft vehicles.

You will own architecture, development, verification, and delivery, while partnering with software, mechanical, propulsion, and production teams to enable scalable, reliable spacecraft hardware. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, this role requires deep technical expertise in avionics and a hands-on