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Spacekinetic· Posted Nov 6, 2026

Lead Flight Electronics & Avionics Electrical Engineer

El Segundo, CAfull timeOn Site

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senior

$160k–$200k

H1B: no

Spacekinetic Lead Flight Electronics & Avionics Electrical Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and test flight-critical electrical systems for launch vehicles and spacecraft. Lead electrical engineering team and collaborate across disciplines to deliver flight hardware.

Responsibilities

As Lead Flight Electronics & Avionics Electrical Engineer, you will lead the design, development, integration, and testing of flight-critical electrical systems for launch vehicles and spacecraft. You will guide the electrical engineering team and collaborate across mechanical, software, GNC, propulsion, and systems engineering to take hardware from concept through flight.
Job Responsibilities:
Lead electrical engineering design efforts and provide technical guidance to the team.
Design flight electronics, avionics, power distribution systems, and vehicle electrical architectures.
Develop schematics, PCBs, cable harnesses, grounding strategies, and electrical interfaces.
Define electrical requirements and interface specifications for vehicle systems and payloads.
Perform component selection, electrical analysis, worst-case analysis, and reliability assessments.
Lead hardware bring-up, debugging, troubleshooting, and qualification testing.
Develop and execute test plans for subsystem and integrated vehicle testing.
Support environmental testing, vehicle integration, launch campaigns, and anomaly investigations.
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
7+ years of professional electrical engineering experience.

Qualification

Ability to create electrical drawings

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
7+ years of professional electrical engineering experience
Experience designing complex electrical systems for spacecraft or payloads
Strong knowledge of analog and digital circuit design
Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools
Experience troubleshooting electrical hardware in laboratory and test environments
Ability to create electrical drawings, interface-control documents, and test procedures