Lead Lunar Avionics Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Equity

Paid time off

Retirement plan (401(k))

Onsite meals and perks

Job summary

Vast, headquartered in Long Beach, California, is seeking a Senior Avionics Engineer to lead avionics for the Lunar Program. You will own hardware architecture, requirements, verification, and flight readiness from early design through flight, collaborating with cross‑functional teams in a fast‑paced environment.

The role is full‑time and exempt, located in Long Beach, with responsibilities spanning design reviews, test campaigns, and supplier collaboration to ensure mission success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 6+ years of experience designing, developing, and testing avionics or electrical hardware for aerospace, defense, or similarly demanding applications.
• Demonstrated ownership of hardware from design through test and integration.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Responsible Engineer for avionics subsystems and components, owning requirements, design, analysis, build, test, and flight readiness
• Define and develop avionics architecture for lunar vehicles and systems, including flight computers, power distribution, data handling, communications, sensors, and harnessing
• Design and develop flight electronics, including schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, component selection, and box-level design, with attention to radiation, thermal, and environmental constraints beyond LEO
• Write and manage avionics requirements and interface control documents, and work closely with GNC, flight software, propulsion, power, thermal, and structures teams to close interfaces
• Lead design reviews (CoDR, PDR, CDR) and present technical trades, analyses, and risks to program and engineering leadership
• Plan and execute development, qualification, and acceptance test campaigns for avionics hardware, including functional, EMI/EMC, random vibration, shock, thermal cycling, and TVAC testing
• Build and maintain avionics test benches, hardware-in-the-loop setups, and ground support equipment for checkout and integration
• Support integration of avionics into vehicle-level systems, and troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and interface issues through integrated testing
• Partner with suppliers on procurement, design reviews, and acceptance of avionics components and assemblies
• Drive reliability, parts selection, derating, and failure analysis practices, and own corrective actions on non-conformances
• Help scope and grow the Lunar avionics team, mentoring engineers and technicians as new hires join

Skills

Embedded systems

Flight computers

Schematic capture

PCB design (Altium)

Python / C / MATLAB

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related

Tools

RS-422

CAN

SpaceWire

MIL-STD-1553

Job description

Vast, headquartered in Long Beach, California, is seeking a Senior Avionics Engineer to lead avionics for the Lunar Program. You will own hardware architecture, requirements, verification, and flight readiness from early design through flight, collaborating with cross‑functional teams in a fast‑paced environment.

The role is full‑time and exempt, located in Long Beach, with responsibilities spanning design reviews, test campaigns, and supplier collaboration to ensure mission success.