Senior Space Electronics Engineer - High-Impact Missions

AeroVironment; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 100,500 - 153,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment is seeking electrical engineers to advance space-qualified hardware across GEO, MEO, LEO and Cislunar missions. You’ll join a team designing advanced electronics, including high speed digital blocks, analog signal conditioning, and robust testing for space-qualified systems.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product development and R&D, adherence to space qualification standards, and delivering reliable electronics hardware within defined time and budget constraints.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering with 8+ years experience or Bachelor’s with 10+ years experience.
• Experience in design, analysis, integration, and test of custom electronics.
• Proficiency in design software and simulation tools (Altium, SPICE, MATLAB, Simulink, HyperLynx, MS Office).
• Ability to conduct circuit analysis and simulation to optimize performance and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design custom high speed digital electronics including ADCs, DACs, FPGAs, processors, and communications drivers.
• Design and analyze analog circuits including low-noise signal conditioning and power amplifiers.
• Provide expertise to product development and R&D efforts.
• Collaborate with peers to meet program technical needs within defined time and budget constraints.
• Support electronics manufacturing and test within a broad program team.

Skills

High-speed digital design

Analog circuit design

Circuit analysis & simulation

Space electronics experience

PCB layouts

Reliability analysis

Electrical stress analysis

Worst-case analysis

Design documentation

Education

Master’s degree in electrical engineering

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Altium

SPICE

MATLAB

Simulink

HyperLynx

MS Office

Job description

AeroVironment is seeking electrical engineers to advance space-qualified hardware across GEO, MEO, LEO and Cislunar missions. You’ll join a team designing advanced electronics, including high speed digital blocks, analog signal conditioning, and robust testing for space-qualified systems.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product development and R&D, adherence to space qualification standards, and delivering reliable electronics hardware within defined time and budget constraints.