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Avionics Components Team Lead

San Francisco💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a team of engineers designing and building sensor and actuator components for geo-synchronous spacecraft avionics systems.

Role type

Senior IC/Lead electrical hardware engineer (spacecraft avionics)

Builds

In-house sensor and actuator hardware components for satellites

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Communications / Hardware Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Board-level electronics design, Analog/mixed-signal circuit design, Hardware debugging and bring-up, Team management, Vendor management, Hardware specification and selection

Preferred skills

Signal conditioning, Sensors, Electro-mechanical actuators, Power switches, Embedded computers, FPGAs, Microcontrollers, C/C++/Python, Radiation effects knowledge, Environmental testing

Technologies

FPGAs, Microcontrollers, RS-485, SPI, Ethernet, I2C, C, C++, Python

Responsibilities

Manage and grow a team of electrical engineers, Define spacecraft sensor and actuator requirements and architectures, Oversee design, build, and implementation of component hardware, Manage hardware development schedule, Drive hardware design and verification, Own technical relationship with third-party component suppliers, Support production and mission operations teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership

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