Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer - SDR & RF Systems

Inversion Space Company; Vista, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion Space Company seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the architecture, design, integration, bring-up, and verification of mixed-signal, embedded, and RF-adjacent hardware for next-generation reentry vehicles.

You will lead hardware from concept through schematic capture, PCB development, integration, test, and deployment within the Avionics team, collaborating across multidisciplinary groups and ensuring EMI/EMC and signal integrity are at the forefront of robust flight hardware.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience developing and integrating mixed-signal, embedded, or avionics hardware.
• Experience with schematic capture, PCB design layout, and hardware integration.
• Strong knowledge of power distribution, grounding, shielding, EMI/EMC, and signal integrity principles.
• Experience building up and debugging SDR systems and RF interfaces.
• Ability to read and develop interface control documents, wiring diagrams, and electrical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Design and support electrical architectures for subsystem and system-level hardware integration across flight and ground systems.
• Develop schematics, interface definitions, wiring/cabling approaches, and electrical documentation for mixed-signal and embedded hardware.
• Lead PCB development, component selection, board bring-up, and design reviews for prototype and production hardware.
• Build up and integrate SDR-based systems, including power, clocking, data interfaces, digital control, RF interconnects, and hardware/software integration.
• Coordinate with mechanical, RF, software, firmware, and systems teams on hardware interfaces and packaging constraints.
• Prepare, review, and release schematic and PCB documentation for external fabrication and assembly vendors.

Skills

Mixed-signal HW

Embedded systems

RF hardware

Schematic/PCB

SDR systems

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PCB design tools

Job description

Inversion Space Company seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the architecture, design, integration, bring-up, and verification of mixed-signal, embedded, and RF-adjacent hardware for next-generation reentry vehicles.

You will lead hardware from concept through schematic capture, PCB development, integration, test, and deployment within the Avionics team, collaborating across multidisciplinary groups and ensuring EMI/EMC and signal integrity are at the forefront of robust flight hardware.