Electrical Engineer I — Avionics, Power & Test for Launch

Longshot Space; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Longshot Space Technologies Corporation is seeking an entry-level Electrical Engineer to join a small team responsible for ignition, sequencing, instrumentation, and avionics. You will design circuits, build CCAs, firmware, and harnesses, while spending time on the bench, CAD, and at the test site.

The role emphasizes ownership, hands-on hardware work, and collaboration with mechanical, software, and test engineers to meet mission-critical deadlines in a demanding aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• Solid fundamentals in analog and digital circuits and power electronics.
• Hands-on with lab equipment: oscilloscope, DMM, power supplies, soldering and crimping.
• Schematic capture and PCB layout experience (Altium, KiCad or similar).
• Experience with microcontroller programming (C/C++) and test automation (Python).

Responsibilities

• Design, build and debug electrical hardware for test articles: ignition and trigger circuits, control boards, sensor conditioning, power distribution and harnesses.
• Capture schematics, lay out or review PCBs, and produce wiring diagrams and harness drawings.
• Write and debug microcontroller or FPGA firmware for control, sequencing and test systems.
• Help derive and document requirements, specifications and interface drawings for the assemblies you own.
• Integrate instrumentation and data acquisition and turn raw test data into usable results.
• Write test procedures, checkout reports and issue reports; manage version control.

Skills

Analog circuits

Digital circuits

Power electronics

Lab equipment

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

C/C++

Job description

Longshot Space Technologies Corporation is seeking an entry-level Electrical Engineer to join a small team responsible for ignition, sequencing, instrumentation, and avionics. You will design circuits, build CCAs, firmware, and harnesses, while spending time on the bench, CAD, and at the test site.

The role emphasizes ownership, hands-on hardware work, and collaboration with mechanical, software, and test engineers to meet mission-critical deadlines in a demanding aerospace environment.