Electric Propulsion Avionics Engineer, Space Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, vision, dental coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

SpaceX is hiring an Electric Propulsion Engineer (avionics focus) to join a collaborative engineering team designing, building, and testing high-volume propulsion avionics for flight-qualified spacecraft.

You will own end-to-end propulsion power-processing and control electronics, collaborating with firmware, software, mechanical, thermal, and production-test teams to support qualification tests for flight readiness in a demanding, on-site environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, aerospace, physics, or related engineering field.
• 1+ years of experience designing, testing, and analyzing power electronics or spacecraft avionics.
• Experience with Python or MATLAB for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, test, and provide operational support for high-volume propulsion avionics used to drive thrusters and related hardware.
• Lead or contribute to electrical architecture, circuit-board design, debugging, and verification.
• Develop, qualify, and test propulsion electronics including requirements generation and verification for flight readiness.
• Collaborate with firmware/software, mechanical, thermal, and production-test teams.
• Analyze ground-test/flight data using numerical tools and write scripts as needed to inform designs.
• Lead root-cause investigations and component redesigns to improve reliability and production rates.

Skills

Power electronics

Python

MATLAB

C/C++

System analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/aerospace/physics/related engineering

Tools

Python

MATLAB

C/C++

Job description

SpaceX is hiring an Electric Propulsion Engineer (avionics focus) to join a collaborative engineering team designing, building, and testing high-volume propulsion avionics for flight-qualified spacecraft.

You will own end-to-end propulsion power-processing and control electronics, collaborating with firmware, software, mechanical, thermal, and production-test teams to support qualification tests for flight readiness in a demanding, on-site environment.