Electronics Engineer – Avionics & Space Hardware

Nova Solvers; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Nova Solvers is seeking a mid-level Electrical Engineer – Advanced Avionics Hardware to design and develop PCBAs, avionics, and payload electronics for spacecraft and defense applications. The role emphasizes hands-on hardware development across the full lifecycle, from requirements to production, with opportunities to expand Nova Solvers’ electronics portfolio.

The engineer will work on analog, digital, mixed‑signal, embedded and power electronics, collaborating with manufacturing teams,

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of experience designing, building, and testing electronic hardware.
• Direct experience with PCB/PCBA design, development, bring-up, and production support.
• Strong proficiency with schematic capture and PCB development tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop printed circuit boards for spacecraft, payload, avionics, power, and test apps.
• Develop analog, digital, mixed-signal, embedded, and power electronics.
• Create schematics, select components, define interfaces, and support layout and release.
• Define stackups, routing, impedance, grounding, power distribution, EMI/EMC, manufacturability.
• Develop FPGA, SoC, processor, memory, sensor, and peripheral circuitry.
• Support power conversion, switching, monitoring, protection, and distribution electronics.
• Evaluate SI/PI, thermal, derating, reliability, and environmental performance.
• Develop reusable PCBAs and hardware architectures for future programs.
• Generate and maintain schematics, BOMs, interfaces, test procedures, and docs.
• Work with fabrication houses and contract manufacturers to transition designs to production.

Skills

PCB design

Schematic design

Embedded systems

Power electronics

FPGA/SoC

Signal integrity

Laboratory testing

Component selection

Test procedures

Documentation

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Nova Solvers is seeking a mid-level Electrical Engineer – Advanced Avionics Hardware to design and develop PCBAs, avionics, and payload electronics for spacecraft and defense applications. The role emphasizes hands-on hardware development across the full lifecycle, from requirements to production, with opportunities to expand Nova Solvers’ electronics portfolio.

The engineer will work on analog, digital, mixed‑signal, embedded and power electronics, collaborating with manufacturing teams,