Lead Avionics Engineer – Orbital Return Vehicles

NEW SPACE Tracker; Vista, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare package

Equity in Outpost

401(k) with match

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Outpost is seeking an avionics engineer to design, test, and produce electronic systems for Earth return vehicles and ground support equipment. You will own avionics subsystems end-to-end—from architecture to flight support—with collaboration across multiple engineering domains.

You will lead a small team, interface with vendors, and drive qualification, conops, and budgeting efforts as part of a cutting-edge orbital logistics program. The role offers significant ownership and mission impact.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing/building electrical hardware for high-reliability applications (aerospace/defense/automotive).
• First principles knowledge of electrical engineering.
• Experience with PCB/PCBA design, manufacturing, bring-up and test.
• Experience with embedded software development.
• Knowledge of qualification and acceptance testing practices.
• Knowledge of component derating, fault tolerance, and reliability engineering.

Responsibilities

• Capture vehicle avionics requirements.
• Evaluate new EEE components, architectures, and hardware designs.
• Prototype new avionics hardware.
• Own development of flight, ground, and test hardware.
• Interface with external vendors.
• Manage a small team including flight software and avionics design engineering.
• Define avionics design, manufacturing, test, and conops procedures.
• Interface with leadership for project management, budgeting, hiring, and scheduling.

Skills

Electrical hardware design

PCB/PCBA design

Embedded software development

Qualification testing

Reliability engineering

First principles thinking

C/C++ programming

Python programming

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field

Tools

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Job description

Outpost is seeking an avionics engineer to design, test, and produce electronic systems for Earth return vehicles and ground support equipment. You will own avionics subsystems end-to-end—from architecture to flight support—with collaboration across multiple engineering domains.

You will lead a small team, interface with vendors, and drive qualification, conops, and budgeting efforts as part of a cutting-edge orbital logistics program. The role offers significant ownership and mission impact.