Senior Avionics Engineer — Spacecraft Flight & Reentry

Inversion Space Company; California; On-site; USD 137,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion Space Company in Los Angeles, CA, seeks a Senior Avionics Engineer to own avionics architecture for next‑gen vehicles. You will drive design from concept through hardware qualification, collaborating across avionics, propulsion, thermal, and software teams.

You will lead mixed‑signal PCB design, environmental testing, and fault‑tolerant electronics while helping set engineering standards and ensuring safety for spaceflight hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering.
• 5+ years designing satellite/spacecraft hardware.
• Experience with mixed-signal and digital circuit simulations.
• PCB design with Altium Designer.
• Experience with UART, I2C, SPI, RS422/485, CAN, PCIe, Ethernet.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop avionics systems architecture from concept to qualified hardware.
• Lead avionics hardware builds, harnessing, embedded systems, and environmental testing.
• Coordinate with propulsion, guidance and control, thermal and software teams.
• Design digital, analog, and mixed-signal PCBs.
• Lead verification and environmental qualification activities.
• Maintain design documentation and test plans.
• Contribute to flight software architecture.

Skills

Mixed-signal design

PCB design

Embedded systems

Environmental qualification

Fault-tolerant design

Requirements analysis

Education

Bachelors in EE/CE

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Inversion Space Company in Los Angeles, CA, seeks a Senior Avionics Engineer to own avionics architecture for next‑gen vehicles. You will drive design from concept through hardware qualification, collaborating across avionics, propulsion, thermal, and software teams.

You will lead mixed‑signal PCB design, environmental testing, and fault‑tolerant electronics while helping set engineering standards and ensuring safety for spaceflight hardware.