Senior Avionics Design Lead - Spaceflight

Intuitive Machines; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Machines in Houston, TX seeks an experienced Avionics Design Lead to supervise a high-performing team through the full hardware lifecycle, overseeing flight/test harnesses, PCBAs, avionics box builds, and final integration on flight vehicles.

You will drive design, manufacturing, assembly, testing, and qualification of avionics systems, provide direction across hardware, firmware, electrical, and interfaces, and mentor engineers to uphold technical excellence and on-time delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of relevant engineering experience in avionics, aerospace, spacecraft, launch vehicles, or another highly integrated hardware/software environment.
• 10+ years of direct supervisory experience leading engineers.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering efforts.
• Experience developing engineering processes, procedures, standards, or SOPs.
• Strong understanding of avionics hardware, firmware, and mechanical systems.
• Experience with PCB design, electrical schematics, harnessing, wiring, and avionics integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, integration, test, and qualification of avionics systems.
• Provide technical direction across avionics hardware, firmware, electrical systems, and mechanical interfaces.
• Lead and participate in engineering design reviews, including architecture, preliminary design, critical design, interface, manufacturing, test, and readiness reviews.
• Review and approve engineering designs, drawings, schematics, PCB layouts, software architectures, test plans, and technical documentation.
• Identify technical risks, drive resolution of complex engineering issues, and make sound engineering tradeoffs.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, requirements, interfaces, verification methods, and configuration controls.
• Directly manage and develop a team of avionics engineers.

Skills

Avionics engineering leadership

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering

Tools

PCB design

Schematic capture

Job description

Intuitive Machines in Houston, TX seeks an experienced Avionics Design Lead to supervise a high-performing team through the full hardware lifecycle, overseeing flight/test harnesses, PCBAs, avionics box builds, and final integration on flight vehicles.

You will drive design, manufacturing, assembly, testing, and qualification of avionics systems, provide direction across hardware, firmware, electrical, and interfaces, and mentor engineers to uphold technical excellence and on-time delivery.