Flight-Ready Electronics Engineer - Space Propulsion

Dawn Aerospace; Christchurch (VA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Dawn Aerospace is seeking an Electronics Engineer in Christchurch to design, qualify, and produce high‑reliability electronics for our space propulsion systems. You will work across design, testing, and manufacturing with systems, mechanical, and production teams.

This role is open for both Intermediate and Senior Engineers, with scope aligned to experience. You will own end‑to‑end hardware development from concept to flight‑ready production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years in electronics hardware design, build, and test.
• Strong understanding of circuit design fundamentals and EE principles.
• Passion for PCB design and high-reliability electronics.
• Proficient with KiCAD/Altium; Git for version control.
• Experience with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies).
• Python for basic testing or analysis.
• Familiarity with ECSS/NASA design practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop mixed-signal, power, and embedded electronics for space applications.
• Component selection, schematics capture, and layout using KiCAD; maintain designs in Git.
• Apply ECSS/NASA design practices to ensure reliability in space environment.
• Plan and execute verification, qualification, and acceptance test campaigns.
• Hands-on bring-up, debugging and root-cause analysis with standard lab equipment.
• Support new product development from concept through design, test, and production.
• Contribute to manufacturing support and continuous improvement of released hardware.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver hardware on schedule.

Skills

Electronics design

KiCAD/Altium

Embedded systems

PCB layout

Python

Git

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electronics or Mechatronics

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Electronic loads

Job description

Dawn Aerospace is seeking an Electronics Engineer in Christchurch to design, qualify, and produce high‑reliability electronics for our space propulsion systems. You will work across design, testing, and manufacturing with systems, mechanical, and production teams.

This role is open for both Intermediate and Senior Engineers, with scope aligned to experience. You will own end‑to‑end hardware development from concept to flight‑ready production.