Electronics Engineer I (Avionics Electronics )

citjpl; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Dental/vision benefits

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Learning & development

Rideshare

Childcare support

Flexible schedule

Parental leave

Job summary

NASA JPL in Pasadena, CA seeks an Electronics Engineer to design, test, and deliver space avionics hardware across the development cycle. You will work with Cognizant Engineers, Senior Design Engineers, and Systems Engineers to ensure high-reliability flight electronics.

The role involves hands-on lab work, schematic capture, PCB layout, and documentation. A BSEE (1+ year) or MS degree with relevant experience is required, plus strong communication and teamwork skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with minimum 1 year related experience, or Master's in similar field with 0-year related experience.
• Strong foundational understanding of analog and digital circuit design and electronic components.
• Experience with bench top test equipment including DMMs, power supplies, probes, oscilloscopes.
• Ability to test and debug circuits in the lab, individually and in teams.
• Knowledge of and experience with CAD/CAE software for design and simulation of electrical circuits.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing, prototyping, and testing analog and digital circuits for avionics systems.
• Participate in schematic capture and PCB layout using standard EDA tools, ensuring high-reliability standards.
• Set up lab test equipment to debug, troubleshoot, and validate hardware prototypes.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including drawings, analyses, test procedures, and reviews.
• Collaborate with other engineers to solve technical problems during design and testing.

Skills

Circuit design

Analog & digital

Test equipment

Schematic capture

PCB layout

LTSpice

Altium

SPI I2C UART RS-422

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)

Tools

LTSpice

Altium

Job description

Job Details

New ideas are all around us, but only a few will change the world. That's our focus at JPL. We ask the biggest questions, then search the universe for answers-literally. We build upon ideas that have guided generations, then share our discoveries to inspire generations to come. Your mission-your opportunity-is to seek out the answers that bring us one step closer. If you're driven to discover, create, and inspire something that lasts a lifetime and beyond, you're ready for JPL.

Located in Pasadena, California, JPL has a campus-like environment situated on 177 acres in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and offers a work environment unlike any other: we inspire passion, foster innovation, build collaboration, and reward excellence.

Responsibilities

The Electronics Engineer will support JPL's Avionics Electronics Group in designing, building, and testing next‑generation space avionics hardware. In this role, the engineer will contribute to the full development cycle of avionics electronics-from circuit design to hardware fabrication, testing, documentation, and delivery. The position involves hands‑on work with laboratory test equipment, collaboration with senior engineers and project managers, and ensuring high‑reliability standards for flight hardware. Candidates should have an electrical engineering background, experience testing and debugging circuits, and familiarity with design and simulation tools, with additional preference for experience in space‑focused avionics electronics development.

JPL's Avionics Electronics Group leads the research and development and flight applications of avionics systems at JPL. The Avionics Electronics Group within the Avionics, Power & Instrument Electronics Section is dedicated to the development of avionics subsystem electronics concepts, implementation of avionics system architecture designs, design and implementation of hardware for flight projects, and support for proposal development and project formulation. Currently we are seeking an Electronics Engineer to participate in the development and testing of the next generation of space avionics hardware.

As an Electronics Engineer in the Avionics Electronics Group, you will design and test electronics subsystems and support equipment and will be involved in all aspects of avionics electronics development from concept to delivery. You will work closely with Avionics Electronics Cognizant Engineers, Senior Design Engineers, Systems Engineers, and the Technical Group Supervisors.

Tasks include but are not limited to:

• Assist in designing, prototyping, and testing analog and digital circuits for avionics systems.
• Participate in schematic capture and PCB layout using standard EDA tools, ensuring adherence to high‑reliability standards
• Setup lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies) to debug, troubleshoot, and validate hardware prototypes.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including engineering drawings, circuit analyses, test procedures, and design review materials.
• Work with other engineers to solve technical problems as they arise, both at the design level and during laboratory testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), with a minimum of 1 year of related experience, or Master's degree in similar disciplines with a minimum of 0-year related experience
• Strong foundational understanding of circuit design both analog and digital and of electronic components.
• Experience with Bench Top Test Equipment, including DMMs, power supplies, various measurement probes and oscilloscopes.
• Ability to test and debug circuits in the lab, both individually and in collaboration with others.
• Knowledge of and experience with computer aided engineering software and tools for design and simulation of electrical circuits.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with LTSpice for simulation and Altium for schematic capture and PWB layout.
• Familiarity with avionics protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, RS-422
• Experience in design, development, fabrication, assembly and test of avionics electronics or analog hardware for space environments.
• Experience with test software and hardware. Preferably using scripting languages like Python for automation

Benefits & Perks

• JPL has a catalog of benefits and perks that span from the traditional to the unique. This includes a variety of health, dental, vision, wellbeing, and retirement plans, paid time off, learning, rideshare, childcare, flexible schedule, parental leave and many more. Our focus is on work‑life balance, and living healthy, fulfilling lives as we Dare Mighty Things Together. For benefits eligible positions, benefits are effective the first day of the month coincident with or immediately following the employee's start date.

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