Avionics Flight Hardware Engineer
March 13
🏢 In-office - Bay Area
Description
• Varda Avionics Hardware Engineer will design, manufacture, test, and represent electrical components used to fly and manufacture products in space • In this role you will have immense ownership of hardware through all lifecycle phases • Develop mixed-signal designs and shepherd them through the full product lifecycle including requirements definition, design, development, qualification, and release to production • Collaborate on mechanical design fit, form, and function • Functionally test your hardware through thermal, vibe, shock, TVAC, and EMI • Write vehicle level integration test plans to validate for flight • Perform root cause analysis for test failures and develop mitigation strategies for flight risks
Requirements
• B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineer or related field with 3+ years of direct experience in electronics hardware development • Demonstrated experience developing electrical circuit boards and delivering a working product • Strong sense of ownership and responsibility for components you contribute towards • Strong hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, function generators, benchtop digital multimeters, and power supplies • Understanding of analog/digital filtering, mixed-signal circuit design, analysis, and test • Knowledge of signal integrity, power, grounding, and general board layout principles • Experience programming in Python, MATLAB, or another scripting/data analysis language • Understanding of sensor and actuator technologies including: RTD’s, pressure transducers, DC brushless motors, solenoid valves, thermocouples, hydraulic servo valves, LVDT, RVDT, Rotary/Linear Encoders • Demonstrated experience in delivering flight avionics for aircraft, launch vehicles, or other space applications • Schematic and layout experience using Altium Designer • Strong understanding and experience in environmental testing, such as vibration, shock, thermal, and TVAC • Direct experience in launch vehicle avionics systems integration • Experience with high and low speed instrumentation and data acquisition • Firm understanding of instrumentation, interfaces and sensors including power supplies, serial devices, switch topologies, accelerometers, and 4-20mA sensors
Benefits
• Exciting team of professionals at the top of their field to working by your side • Working in El Segundo, CA - an awesome Southern California beach city with quick access to entertainment and outdoor activities • Equity in a fully funded space startup with potential for significant growth • 401(k) matching • Unlimited PTO • Health insurance, including Vision and Dental • Lunch and snacks provided on site every day • Dinners provided twice a week • Maternity / Paternity leave
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