Senior Avionics Telemetry Engineer – Hypersonic Flight

Stratolaunch; California; On-site; USD 101,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Paid Maternity and Parental Leave

50% company match per contributed 401k

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Stratolaunch in Mojave, CA is seeking a level II or Sr-level Avionics Engineer to design, integrate, test, and maintain hypersonic aircraft avionics with a Telemetry focus. This on-site role supports multiple test ranges and collaborates with system owners to fulfill test requirements.

You will contribute to instrumentation, network, and telemetry system design, prepare data for flight tests, and assist with software tools and subsystem requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience Telemetry, Instrumentation, or Network engineering in test environments.
• Experience with Ethernet networking (TCP/UDP/multicast).
• Experience integrating data acquisition instrumentation (ARINC 429, etc).
• Knowledge of RF transmitters/receivers and data acquisition systems.
• Experience writing system requirements and documenting designs.

Responsibilities

• Develop instrumentation, network, and telemetry requirements for local and extended missions.
• Support flight operations by ensuring data systems are ready for flight tests.
• Assist in harness design and equipment selection for sensors and data units.
• Configure and manage aircraft instrumentation for real-time and post-flight data.
• Develop and maintain software tools for configuration, simulation, deployment, and analysis.
• Prepare data system materials for design reviews and flight readiness.

Skills

Telemetry

Networking

RF devices

Dataloggers

System requirements

Communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

2–5 years engineering experience

Tools

C/C++/C#

Python

Git

Jenkins/Bamboo

MS Office

Job description

Stratolaunch in Mojave, CA is seeking a level II or Sr-level Avionics Engineer to design, integrate, test, and maintain hypersonic aircraft avionics with a Telemetry focus. This on-site role supports multiple test ranges and collaborates with system owners to fulfill test requirements.

You will contribute to instrumentation, network, and telemetry system design, prepare data for flight tests, and assist with software tools and subsystem requirements.