Senior Avionics Architect & Systems Leader

Gengalactic; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

PTO

401k

Stock options

Job summary

General Galactic Technologies Corporation seeks a Senior Director of Avionics to own the electrical architecture and development roadmap for its spacecraft vehicles. You will define verification approaches, lead hardware design, and drive integration from design through flight operations, while mentoring a growing team.

The role demands strong technical judgment, fast delivery, and the ability to scale leadership as the company grows.

Qualifications

• BS in electrical engineering, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of avionics or electrical hardware development experience, preferably in aerospace.
• Experience leading avionics architecture and development for complex, hardware-integrated systems.
• Strong experience with schematic capture, PCB layout, board bring-up, and hardware debugging.
• Experience with analog, digital, power, embedded, and communication system design.
• Familiarity with spacecraft interfaces such as CAN, RS-422, SpaceWire, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, and discrete I/O.
• Experience with spacecraft harnessing, grounding, shielding, EMC, and power distribution.
• Understanding of component derating, radiation effects, fault tolerance, thermal constraints, and high-reliability design.
• Experience with environmental qualification, hazard analysis, root-cause analysis, and production support.
• Experience building and leading technical teams in a fast-paced environment
• First-principles approach to solving problems with incomplete information
• Ability to make efficient, technically sound decisions under uncertainty

Responsibilities

• Own the avionics architecture for General Galactic vehicles, test systems, and ground support equipment.
• Lead the design, development, integration, qualification, and deployment of spacecraft electrical and avionics systems.
• Define system-level requirements, interfaces, redundancy, fault tolerance, grounding, power distribution, and communication architectures.
• Oversee schematic design, PCB layout, component selection, board bring-up, and production release.
• Lead development of flight computers, power electronics, sensor interfaces, communication systems, and embedded hardware.
• Recruit, mentor, and manage electrical and avionics engineers as the team grows.
• Collaborate with software, GNC, propulsion, mechanical, and systems teams to deliver integrated vehicle hardware.
• Establish practical avionics development processes, including design reviews, configuration control, documentation, and test tracking.

Skills

Avionics architecture

Hardware development

Team leadership

Schematic capture

PCB layout

System integration

Fault tolerance design

CAN

RS-422

SpaceWire

Ethernet

SPI

I2C

UART

Education

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Tools

PCB design tools

Job description

General Galactic Technologies Corporation seeks a Senior Director of Avionics to own the electrical architecture and development roadmap for its spacecraft vehicles. You will define verification approaches, lead hardware design, and drive integration from design through flight operations, while mentoring a growing team.

The role demands strong technical judgment, fast delivery, and the ability to scale leadership as the company grows.