Senior Space Electronics Engineer – Avionics & Flight Hardware

K2 Space Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking an experienced electronics-focused engineer to design, test, and fly critical electronics across our satellites. You will prototype, qualify hardware for flight, and push performance across avionics domains in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities include designing PCBAs for spacecraft, environmental testing, and integrating designs with spacecraft systems, with opportunities to contribute to future generations of space hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience designing and testing electronics PCBAs in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design electronics PCBAs for spacecraft including architecture, component selection, circuit board design, board bring up and debugging
• Qualify your designs through environmental testing including vibration, shock, thermal, and thermal vacuum testing
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to integrate your designs into the spacecraft systems and operate your hardware in flight
• Develop test equipment, development PCBAs, and test scripts to assist with all of the above

Skills

Electronics design

PCBAs

Environmental testing

C/C++

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

LTspice

Job description

K2 Space is seeking an experienced electronics-focused engineer to design, test, and fly critical electronics across our satellites. You will prototype, qualify hardware for flight, and push performance across avionics domains in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities include designing PCBAs for spacecraft, environmental testing, and integrating designs with spacecraft systems, with opportunities to contribute to future generations of space hardware.