Senior Hardware Design Engineer-Space Avionics

Job Title: Senior Design Hardware Engineer
Employment Type: Full‑Time
Industry: Aerospace / Space & Defense Technology
Compensation: 135K-150k annually DOE
Schedule: Monday-Friday, standard business hours
About the Opportunity
We are seeking a Senior Hardware Designer to join our growing avionics team. This role will leverage deep electrical engineering expertise to develop, design, integrate, test, and qualify electrical components for launch vehicles and spacecraft systems.
In this position, you will take ownership of designs and requirements definition while actively participating in integration, testing, and qualification throughout the hardware development lifecycle. You'll collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams in a fast‑paced, mission‑driven environment supporting critical space programs.
Why You'll Love Working Here
Mission‑driven organization enabling launch, landing, and operations in space
Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge launch vehicles, lunar landers, and spacecraft systems
Collaborative, innovative culture focused on technical excellence and rapid development
High‑impact role supporting government and commercial space missions
Why This Opportunity is Exciting
This role offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of commercial spaceflight, contributing directly to avionics systems that support launch vehicles and spacecraft operations. You'll design flight hardware used across multiple platforms, collaborate with world‑class engineers, and influence end‑to‑end hardware development from concept through flight qualification.

Sound like a good fit?
What You'll Do
Develop new features and functionality as part of the design team for our common avionics platform used across launch vehicles and spacecraft
Participate in technical trade studies, requirement capture, and conceptual and detailed design activities
Create and own schematic capture and PCB layout activities, including rapid prototyping and EEE component selection
Execute electrical simulations and analyses to support flight, qualification, and test laboratory PCB assemblies
Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including systems, mechanical, software, and test engineering to develop tightly integrated, high‑performance hardware
Apply aerospace guidelines and standards for the development and design of electronic assemblies

What You'll Bring
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering
5+ years of experience in PCB design, hardware systems design, and/or integration
5+ years of experience in schematic capture and PCB layout (digital, analog, and/or power circuits)
5+ years of experience performing circuit design activities, including requirements definition, block diagram development, component selection, and circuit simulation
3+ years of experience performing electrical troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis on hardware systems
3+ years of experience using electrical test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, signal generators) to verify component and circuit functionality
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