Lunar Avionics Systems Engineer — Rovers (Equity)

Venturi Astrolab, Inc.; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO & parental leave

Weekly lunch stipend

On-site snacks & beverages

Monthly social hour

Job summary

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. in Hawthorne, CA, is seeking an Avionics Systems Engineer (all levels) to define requirements, architecture, and implementation of avionics for planetary rovers.

You will own vehicle-level electrical architecture, power distribution, data networks, harnessing, and interfaces with mechanical, software, and thermal teams. You will serve as Responsible Engineer from requirements through integration, verification, and lunar operations, with leveling commensurate with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) related field.
• Experience with aerospace component or system development, testing, integration, or operations.
• Experience with electrical test equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, signal generators, electronic loads, and multimeters, and the ability to interpret electrical schematics.

Responsibilities

• Define avionics system architecture and electrical architecture at the vehicle level, including power distribution, grounding, data networks, and harnessing.
• Lead design trades and sensitivity studies to select architectures that are robust, fault-tolerant, and meet mission requirements.
• Create and maintain technical documentation including system diagrams, schematics, interface control documents, procedures, and test and anomaly reports.
• Develop design verification, qualification, and acceptance test plans, and coordinate with avionics hardware, manufacturing, and test engineers to execute them.
• Help develop and operate HIL testbeds to verify functionality before vehicle integration
• Support assembly, integration, and test, write and execute vehicle-level electrical functional validation procedures, and support launch campaigns and lunar surface operations
• Support integration testing, production issue dispositions, and troubleshooting of failures, using root cause techniques such as fault tree and fishbone analysis, and manage overall avionics system risk

Skills

Electrical test equipment proficiency

System engineering experience

Python/C/C++ programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM field

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Signal generators

Electronic loads

Multimeters

Python

C/C++

Job description

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. in Hawthorne, CA, is seeking an Avionics Systems Engineer (all levels) to define requirements, architecture, and implementation of avionics for planetary rovers.

You will own vehicle-level electrical architecture, power distribution, data networks, harnessing, and interfaces with mechanical, software, and thermal teams. You will serve as Responsible Engineer from requirements through integration, verification, and lunar operations, with leveling commensurate with