Space Avionics Design Engineer (Falcon & Dragon)

United States Digital Space LLC; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer for Falcon & Dragon Avionics Hardware Development. The role covers development through production and launch, focusing on electronic design, reliability, and manufacturability across the product life cycle.

Responsibilities include designing hardware, performing root-cause analysis, updating schematics, and validating hardware via benchtop and environmental testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering.
• 1+ years of experience in electronics hardware design (academic projects, internships, and professional experience all qualify).
• 1+ years of experience with electrical test equipment (e.g., multimeters, signal generators, oscilloscopes) to verify hardware functionality.

Responsibilities

• Design new hardware, redesign existing hardware, and modify PCBAs to improve reliability and manufacturability.
• Provide ownership of avionics hardware for flight across all product life cycle stages.
• Drive changes to electrical schematics and mechanical drawings to improve reliability and manufacturability.
• Perform root cause investigations to characterize off-nominal unit behavior and mitigate risk.
• Derive engineering justification to resolve production issues during assembly, test, and vehicle integration.
• Design test setups and execute hardware validation through benchtop and environmental testing.

Skills

Analog & Digital Circuits

Schematic capture

PCB layout

LTspice

Electrical test equipment

SPI

I2C

CAN

Ethernet

DFX

Problem solving

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

KiCad

Altium

Eagle

LTspice

SIMetrix

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer for Falcon & Dragon Avionics Hardware Development. The role covers development through production and launch, focusing on electronic design, reliability, and manufacturability across the product life cycle.

Responsibilities include designing hardware, performing root-cause analysis, updating schematics, and validating hardware via benchtop and environmental testing.