Flight-Test Avionics Engineer for Autonomous VTOL

Socket.dev; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Mayman Aerospace seeks an experienced Avionics Engineer to join our team designing, building and testing autonomous aircraft. You will contribute to PCBAs, harnesses, firmware, and system integration for the Razor aircraft, including hands-on fabrication support and test activities.

The role requires a strong engineering foundation, 2+ years of experience, excellent communication, and the ability to work across a broad set of activities in a growth-stage startup environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical, Computer, Robotics, Aerospace, or similar with 2+ years of experience.
• Strong fundamentals in electronics, firmware, and system design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and documentation skills.
• Willing to own tasks and drive them to completion in a fast-paced startup setting.

Responsibilities

• Develop flight‑critical PCBAs and harnesses, including design, derating analyses, and power budgets.
• Create fabrication and assembly drawings for PCBAs and harnesses.
• Write test procedures for design validation, bring-up, and acceptance testing.
• Spin-up firmware or ICDs for designed PCBAs; participate in flight tests and end-to-end integration.
• Support test of COTS hardware (motors, engines, thermal testing) and flight test campaigns.

Skills

Altium Designer

Circuit simulation

Embedded C

Python

Soldering/assembly

Firmware development

Hardware testing

RF knowledge

EMI/EMC testing

Documentation

HDL/FPGA (Verilog/VHDL)

Harness design

Education

Bachelor's degree

Masters degree (beneficial)

Tools

RapidHarness

Zuken

Job description

Mayman Aerospace seeks an experienced Avionics Engineer to join our team designing, building and testing autonomous aircraft. You will contribute to PCBAs, harnesses, firmware, and system integration for the Razor aircraft, including hands-on fabrication support and test activities.

The role requires a strong engineering foundation, 2+ years of experience, excellent communication, and the ability to work across a broad set of activities in a growth-stage startup environment.