Senior Avionics Engineer — Own Flight‑Ready Hardware

Berkley Hunt; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mission-critical avionics ownership

High-speed flight platform project

Autonomy in a small team

Job summary

Berkley Hunt is partnering with an early-stage aerospace company to hire a Senior Avionics Engineer who will own the electronics stack behind a high-performance flight platform. This hands-on role spans architecture, component selection, integration, qualification and flight.

You’ll take ownership of avionics hardware across the vehicle, develop flight computers, C&DH, sensors, telemetry, RF and power systems, and build HIL/SIL environments to validate designs for extreme operating conditions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on ownership of electronics from design through test and production.
• Experience with flight computers, power systems, RF/telemetry, sensors or safety-critical hardware.
• Ability to work autonomously in high-reliability aerospace environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, integration and qualification of avionics hardware across the vehicle.
• Develop and maintain the flight computer, C&DH, sensors, telemetry, RF and power systems.
• Build and run HIL/SIL test environments.
• Lead board-level bring-up, debugging, verification and environmental qualification.
• Work closely with firmware and systems engineers to ensure reliable hardware/software integration.
• Support test campaigns and help take hardware from prototype through flight-ready systems.

Skills

Avionics

Embedded hardware

Board-level debugging

System-level testing

RF/Telemetry

Job description

Berkley Hunt is partnering with an early-stage aerospace company to hire a Senior Avionics Engineer who will own the electronics stack behind a high-performance flight platform. This hands-on role spans architecture, component selection, integration, qualification and flight.

You’ll take ownership of avionics hardware across the vehicle, develop flight computers, C&DH, sensors, telemetry, RF and power systems, and build HIL/SIL environments to validate designs for extreme operating conditions.