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Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer (Avionics)

Pittsburgh, PAFull-time2026-09-14 → 2026-11-10
On-site · United States

Core

Design, manufacture, and test avionics hardware for spacecraft subsystems including computing, signal conditioning, control electronics, and data acquisition.

Role type

Senior IC electrical hardware engineer (avionics)

Builds

Flight-ready avionics LRUs and integrated spacecraft subsystems

Domain

Aerospace / Avionics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Schematic and board design, component/LRU electrical design, systems engineering, rapid prototyping, debugging, communications protocols (RS-422/485/CAN/Ethernet/SPI/I2C/UART), digital/analog/signal conditioning design

Preferred skills

FPGA/microcontroller programming, mechanical CAD, space environmental testing, MIL-STD 461 compliance, VITA VPX/SpaceVPX standards, high-speed digital PCB design

Technologies

Altium, Eagle, OrCAD, Microsoft Project, JIRA

Responsibilities

Develop flight hardware avionics, provide technical guidance to teams and subcontractors, manage schedule/budget/design performance for subsystems, perform trade studies and verify operating modes, test fabricated PCBs and integrated systems, participate in environmental/qualification testing, deliver technical reports on test results

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership