Spacecraft Avionics Integration Lead

Orbital Operations, Inc.; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Orbital Operations in Long Beach, CA seeks an Avionics Integration Engineer to own electrical integration from architecture to flight. You will translate vehicle requirements into interfaces, harness designs, and test procedures, ensuring sensors, actuators, controllers, and flight computers operate as a cohesive system.

This hands-on role spans avionics, propulsion, mechanical, flight software, and manufacturing, requiring collaboration across disciplines and a focus on repeatable production

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, aerospace, or mechanical engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of professional experience with avionics, electrical systems, or vehicle integration.
• Experience designing, building, or testing electrical harnesses and avionics hardware.
• Reading and creating electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and interface-control documents.
• Familiarity with power distribution, grounding, shielding, and EMI/EMC concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end electrical integration across spacecraft, propulsion, cryogenic systems, and test infrastructure.
• Serve as avionics interface to propulsion, fluids, structures, mechanical, and software teams.
• Develop test plans, procedures, and automated scripts for electrical and avionics testing.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop, vehicle checkout, and launch-site operations.
• Create and maintain channel mappings, network architecture, and telemetry definitions.

Skills

Avionics integration

Electrical systems

Electrical harnessing

Python scripting

Systems engineering

Test automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Aerospace engineering

Mechanical engineering

Tools

Electrical CAD

Oscilloscopes

Lab equipment

Job description

Orbital Operations in Long Beach, CA seeks an Avionics Integration Engineer to own electrical integration from architecture to flight. You will translate vehicle requirements into interfaces, harness designs, and test procedures, ensuring sensors, actuators, controllers, and flight computers operate as a cohesive system.

This hands-on role spans avionics, propulsion, mechanical, flight software, and manufacturing, requiring collaboration across disciplines and a focus on repeatable production