Senior Avionics Engineer - High-G Flight Electronics

Protingent; Shoreline (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Protingent Staffing seeks a Sr Avionics Engineer for high-performance aerospace hardware. You will lead avionics architecture, flight electronics design, sensor suite integration, and RF/telemetry coordination for a gun-launched vehicle.

The role covers HIL/SIL testing, 250g qualification, and flight-termination support, with hands-on lab work and documentation. The position requires deep embedded/firmware experience, strong PCB design, and experience in aerospace or defense environments.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical, Computer, or Electronics Engineering (or related field) plus MS a plus.
• 2+ years designing and delivering electronics or avionics in aerospace, defense, or high-reliability hardware.
• Deep embedded/firmware experience with C/C++, RTOS or bare-metal, microcontrollers.

Responsibilities

• Vehicle avionics architecture from concept through CDR and qualification.
• Flight electronics for gun-launched environment with rugged packaging.
• Sensor suite design, data acquisition, and onboard data handling.
• Telemetry downlink, antenna integration, spectrum coordination & FCC/NTIA tasks.
• Power system design including gun-hardened qualification and battery selection.
• Support of FAA/AST range-safety qualification for flight-termination avionics.
• Build and own HIL/SIL test bed for avionics and GNC integration.
• Plan and run 250g in-barrel and thermal cycling tests; analyze results.
• Support ground/test campaigns with sensors and data acquisition.
• Maintain clear documentation of architecture, interfaces, and qualification.

Skills

C/C++

RTOS or bare-metal

Microcontrollers

Board bring-up

Soldering & bench debugging

Python or MATLAB

Education

BS in Electrical/Computer/Electronics Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

LabVIEW

DAQ

Job description

Protingent Staffing seeks a Sr Avionics Engineer for high-performance aerospace hardware. You will lead avionics architecture, flight electronics design, sensor suite integration, and RF/telemetry coordination for a gun-launched vehicle.

The role covers HIL/SIL testing, 250g qualification, and flight-termination support, with hands-on lab work and documentation. The position requires deep embedded/firmware experience, strong PCB design, and experience in aerospace or defense environments.