Lead Electrical Hardware Engineer – Avionics
Core
Functional management of the Avionics team designing, manufacturing, and testing in-house avionics hardware for Voyager Lunar Systems.
Role type
Lead Electrical Hardware Engineer (Avionics)
Builds
Flight hardware avionics including computing, signal conditioning, control electronics, filtering, data acquisition, and command & data handling (C&DH) for lunar systems.
Domain
Aerospace / Avionics / Space Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Component/LRU electrical design, Schematic and board design (Altium, Eagle, OrCAD), Team leadership and mentoring, Hardware design standards definition, Failure investigation and troubleshooting, FPGA/microcontroller programming, CAD tools, MIL-STD 461 testing knowledge, NASA-STD compliance.
Preferred skills
Spacecraft electronics systems (Class D unmanned), High-Speed Digital PCB design, VITA VPX/SpaceVPX standards (VITA 46.0, 65.0, 78.0), Range Safety and Ground Safety compliance, Mechanical CAD, Space environmental testing knowledge.
Responsibilities
Lead daily operations, scheduling, and tasking for the avionics team; Provide technical and programmatic guidance to team members and partners; Establish review processes for engineering products prior to release; Act as independent reviewer for subsystem and vehicle phase-gate design reviews; Define internal work processes and standards for hardware design and test execution; Drive rapid troubleshooting and resolution of electrical anomalies during testing and assembly.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership