Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer

Impulse Space; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach is seeking a Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer to design, test, build, and deliver spacecraft electrical systems, including power conversion, batteries, and sensors. You will own hardware from architecture sketches through flight, collaborating with propulsion, GNC, software, and structures teams.

This role requires a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and 5+ years of experience in analog, power, or control electronics for spacecraft, with a preference for a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field (minimum).
• 5+ years of professional experience in analog, power, or control electronics for spacecraft or similar vehicles.
• Proficiency in electronics selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and layout.
• Experience troubleshooting electronics at board or system level.
• Desire to improve team processes and train others.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaborate across engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Develop circuit boards for spacecraft with emphasis on analog, digital, or control electronics.
• Contribute to spacecraft avionics architecture trade studies.
• Perform analyses and simulations of avionics devices and systems.
• Own hardware design from bring-up through qualification and flight operations.
• Define hardware interfaces and verify requirements.
• Establish high technical standards and mentor junior engineers.
• Partner with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing and test teams.

Skills

Autonomy and initiative

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Altium Designer

PCB design & layout

Job description

Department: Avionics

Location: Redondo Beach

Compensation: $140,000 - $180,000 / year

Description

As a Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer, you will design, test, build, and deliver the electrical systems that power, control, and operate our spacecraft. Your work will span flight-critical hardware including electromechanical actuators, power conversion and distribution, batteries, solar power systems, motor controls, sensors, and embedded control electronics.

You will own hardware from architecture sketches and first-principles design through bring-up, qualification, vehicle integration, and flight, with broad technical scope and extreme ownership. You will work with experts across propulsion, GNC, mechanisms, software, structures, thermal, and systems engineering to solve multidisciplinary spacecraft problems and make trades that directly affect performance, reliability, mass, power, and mission capability.

This is an opportunity to work with some of the best engineers in the industry on difficult, consequential problems - and take spacecraft systems from a whiteboard to hardware operating in space.

Responsibilities

• Develop circuit boards for spacecraft, with an emphasis on analog, digital or control electronics
• Contribute to new spacecraft avionics architecture trade
• Perform rigorous analyses and simulations of avionics devices and systems
• Act as the Responsible Engineering authority for your hardware, owning your design from board bring-up and debugging in the lab through qualification and flight operations
• Define hardware interfaces and verify requirements
• Establish and maintain high technical standards and mentor less experienced engineers
• Partner with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing and test teams

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 5+ years professional experience designing analog, power, or control electronics for spacecraft or similar vehicles
• Proficiency with electronics component selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and layout
• Experience troubleshooting electronics problems at the board level or system level
• Desire to improve team processes and train other team members
• Ability to work autonomously, communicate clearly, and collaborate across engineering disciplines

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• Passion for spacecraft development and solving challenging engineering problems where reliability matters
• 2+ years of experience with Altium Designer
• Strong fundamentals in analog, power, and control electronics
• Experience developing new electronic hardware from architecture through test and production
• Experience designing and debugging power converters, motor drives, control loops, sensors, signal conditioning, or mixed-signal electronics
• Strong understanding of circuit topology selection, component tradeoffs, stability, efficiency, and fault tolerance
• Experience with PCB design and layout, including power, analog, or high-speed applications
• Hands-on experience with modeling, simulation, laboratory testing, and hardware bring-up
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC, reliability, FMEA, and design for harsh or high-reliability environments
• Experience with batteries, power distribution, magnetics, high-voltage electronics, or spacecraft power systems
• Experience automating analysis, simulation, or test using scripting or software tools
• Demonstrated ability to solve difficult technical problems with limited time, resources, and precedent
• Experience in a startup or agile development environment

Additional Information

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case‑by‑case basis and may vary based on job‑related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full‑time hires, you may also be eligible for long‑term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.