Senior Avionics Engineer

5w1 month ago

Outpost

Los Angeles, US · Full-time · $115,000 – $185,000

About this role

Outpost is building the missing infrastructure between orbit and Earth: reusable vehicles that bring payloads back from space and deliver them to a precise location within hours. As Senior Avionics Engineer, you will own avionics subsystems end to end, from architecture and requirements definition through design, test, integration, and flight support.

Day-to-day, you will develop electrical architectures, design circuits, capture schematics, and lay out PCBAs. You will also design custom electrical harnesses, oversee harness builds, and make build vs. buy decisions to satisfy design, schedule, and budget requirements.

You will collaborate closely with engineers across multiple domains to create efficient and sustainable solutions for Outpost’s Earth return vehicles and ground support equipment. The avionics team is responsible for the design, testing, and production of electronic systems, and you will drive root-cause analysis and troubleshooting of electronics-related issues in spacecraft and ground systems.

This is a chance to join a company with real traction, working on a problem that matters, at the point where execution and scale begin to define the outcome. Outpost is scaling rapidly, expanding the team, and building the systems needed to execute at the next level.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or related field.
6+ years of experience designing and building electrical hardware for high-reliability applications such as aerospace, defense, or automotive.
Hands-on experience with electrical test equipment (e.g., multimeters, signal generators, oscilloscopes, electronic loads).
Ability to write software scripts to automate hardware testing in Python or a similar language.
Prior clean-sheet design projects in one or more of the following areas: embedded systems, power distribution, instrumentation and sensor selection, avionics, analog and mixed-signal circuits.
Experience designing electrical hardware for spacecraft or reentry vehicles.
Familiarity with high-reliability design practices and environmental testing (vibration, thermal, vacuum).

Responsibilities

Develop electrical architectures, design circuits, capture schematics, and lay out PCBAs.
Design custom electrical harnesses and oversee harness builds.
Make build vs. buy decisions to best satisfy design, schedule, and budget requirements.
Develop and support electrical ground equipment and test hardware, including HITL and FlatSat setups.
Drive root-cause analysis and troubleshooting of electronics-related issues in spacecraft and ground systems.
Interface directly with external vendors to ensure that hardware is delivered on time and with expected quality.
Contribute to defining avionics team best practices such as documentation, design reviews, and hardware-related development processes.

Benefits

Work on a system in active development with core technologies advancing toward flight readiness.
Engage in all aspects of spacecraft development and own avionics subsystems end to end.
Join a company with validated demand through multiple defense and civil agreements and a growing pipeline across government and commercial customers.
Be part of a rapidly scaling team building the logistics layer that makes space economically useful.