Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer (Electric Propulsion)Department: Electric Propulsion
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Redondo Beach
Compensation: $140,000 - $180,000 / year
DescriptionAs a Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer at Impulse, you will design and test custom circuit boards and other avionics devices that power Electra, our electric propulsion system. You will own electrical hardware designs and technical decisions, working directly with software engineers, propulsion engineers, GNC engineers, and others. You will contribute to all aspects of spacecraft electronics development, from sub-system requirements definition through circuit-board design, testing, debugging, integrating onto space vehicles, and operating in space.
Responsibilities- Independently develop and own circuit boards for spacecraft electric propulsion systems, with an emphasis on actuator drivers and/or power converters
- Perform rigorous analyses and simulations of avionics devices and systems including subsystem and circuit-level trade studies, analyses, and simulations to support design decisions
- Act as the Responsible Engineering authority for your hardware, owning your design from requirements definition through detailed design, board bring-up and debugging in the lab through qualification and flight operations
- Define hardware interfaces, develop verification approaches, and ensure requirements are verified through analysis and test from system-level specifications
- Partner with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, propulsion, and test teams
- Perform development testing of hardware in the lab, from single electrical designs to entire electrical systems
- Conduct design reviews, technical trade studies, and root-cause investigations
- Establish and maintain high technical standards and mentor less experienced engineers
- Improve existing products throughout their lifecycle by troubleshooting issues, performing failure analysis of parts and systems, and implementing improvements
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- 5+ years of professional experience developing electrical hardware
- Demonstrate expertise in electronic component selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and layout
- Knowledge of analog and power circuit design including analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, op-amps, filtering, power and signal integrity, etc.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting complex electronics problems at the board level
- Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
Preferred Skills and Experience- Demonstrated experience with Altium Designer
- Demonstrated experience doing new development and hands-on work for any of the following: power converters, analog and digital electronics, load switches, engine controllers, or any other specialized area relevant to spacecraft or rockets
- Experience with radiation-tolerant electrical design including component selection, derating, SEE mitigation, and fault-tolerant architecture
- Experience in a startup or agile development environment
- Experience with Spice and/or SIMPLIS simulation engines
Additional Information:Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the
form of stock options, and access to
medical, vision & dental coverage as well as
access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
