Electrical Engineer (Crew Starship Avionics)
Location
Hawthorne, CA
Level
Entry-Level
Department
Aerospace & Space
Type
Salary
$100,000 - $120,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-10-24
Responsibilities
- Develop high reliability spacecraft electronics for Crew Starship vehicles
- Support or act as responsible engineer for flight hardware, from conception through build, qualification, and ultimately flight operations
- Perform component selection, design analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, circuit validation, and design documentation for electrical designs
- Assist with electrical architecture, product requirements, manufacturing planning, and production test
- Execute development and qualification testing campaigns to exercise designs to their limits and ensure reliable flight hardware
- Directly support NASA with deliverables for Crew Starship milestones
- Work with experts from other teams and departments to ensure that fielded systems perform their function while being efficient, manufacturable, and reliable
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
- 1+ years of experience designing, building, or testing circuit boards or other electronics (research and extracurricular academic projects qualify)
- Passion for spaceflight and designing electronics for high reliability applications
- Experience with system trades and first-hand knowledge of how requirements tie hardware to larger systems
- Self-starter with experience making hardware work with limited time and resources
- Familiarity with design-for-manufacture and design-for-cost
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
