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Staff Engineering Specialist, Avionics (R5109)

Seattle, Washington💼 Full-time🗓 2025-12-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, verify, and deploy custom avionics systems for flight-critical aircraft including PCBAs, wire harnesses, and cable assemblies.

Role type

Staff-level Avionics Engineering Specialist (Hardware/Systems)

Builds

Custom avionics subsystems for X-BAT aircraft

Domain

Defense technology / Aeronautics / Electrical Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Electrical circuit design and verification, PCB layout, wire harness architecture, test equipment operation (oscilloscope, multimeter, thermal chamber), schematic reading, root cause analysis, CAD software (Altium), PLM systems

Preferred skills

Security clearance (S//SAR level)

Technologies

Altium, Arena

Responsibilities

Execute test campaigns for custom circuits and sub-systems, support environmental qualification testing, debug system and circuit issues, design and verify simple PCBAs, architect and build complex wire harnesses and cable assemblies, assist with equipment procurement and prototype manufacturing setup, capture detailed documentation

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC

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