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Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer (Electric Propulsion)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 140000 - 180000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
29 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
As a Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer at Impulse you will design and test custom circuit boards and other avionics devices that power Electra our electric propulsion system. You will own electrical hardware designs and technical decisions working directly with software engineers propulsion engineers GNC engineers and others. You will contribute to all aspects of spacecraft electronics development from sub-system requirements definition through circuit-board design testing debugging integrating onto space vehicles and operating in space.
Responsibilities
- Independently develop and own circuit boards for spacecraft electric propulsion systems with an emphasis on actuator drivers and/or power converters
- Perform rigorous analyses and simulations of avionics devices and systems including subsystem and circuit-level trade studies analyses and simulations to support design decisions
- Act as the Responsible Engineering authority for your hardware owning your design from requirements definition through detailed design board bring-up and debugging in the lab through qualification and flight operations
- Define hardware interfaces develop verification approaches and ensure requirements are verified through analysis and test from system-level specifications
- Partner with firmware software mechanical manufacturing propulsion and test teams
- Perform development testing of hardware in the lab from single electrical designs to entire electrical systems
- Conduct design reviews technical trade studies and root-cause investigations
- Establish and maintain high technical standards and mentor less experienced engineers
- Improve existing products throughout their lifecycle by troubleshooting issues performing failure analysis of parts and systems and implementing improvements
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- 5 years of professional experience developing electrical hardware
- Demonstrate expertise in electronic component selection analysis simulation schematics and layout
- Knowledge of analog and power circuit design including analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters op-amps filtering power and signal integrity etc.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting complex electronics problems at the board level
- Ability to communicate technical challenges explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Demonstrated experience with Altium Designer
- Demonstrated experience doing new development and hands-on work for any of the following: power converters analog and digital electronics load switches engine controllers or any other specialized area relevant to spacecraft or rockets
- Experience with radiation-tolerant electrical design including component selection derating SEE mitigation and fault-tolerant architecture
- Experience in a startup or agile development environment
- Experience with Spice and/or SIMPLIS simulation engines
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role level location and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills education experience technical capabilities and internal addition to base salary for full-time hires you may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options and access to medical vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Spaces spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e. U.S. citizen U.S. national lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder) an individual granted asylum in the U.S. or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State Commerce or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
