Apex Space
Senior Avionics Test Engineer
$165K–$195K
Los Angeles · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of professional experience in aerospace hardware, avionics, electronics, or integrated hardware testing.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person or be able to obtain required U.S. export authorizations.
About the job
Develops and maintains avionics test hardware and infrastructure, and tests and troubleshoots spacecraft hardware through development, qualification, production, and integration.
What you'll do
- Design, build, integrate, and maintain avionics test racks, FlatSats, testbeds, fixtures, and supporting infrastructure.
- Define test architectures and strategies with engineering teams; perform hardware bring-up, interface validation, and system checkout.
- Troubleshoot test failures and hardware anomalies, support qualification and spacecraft-level testing, and improve test processes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
- 7+ years of professional experience in aerospace hardware, avionics, electronics, or integrated hardware testing.
- Hands-on experience with laboratory instrumentation and hardware bring-up; experience troubleshooting integrated electrical systems and complex test setups.
- Strong understanding of hardware integration, verification, and validation workflows; ability to interpret schematics and technical requirements.
Nice to have
- Experience integrating or testing spacecraft, launch vehicles, avionics, or other flight electronics.
- Experience with harness design, test fixturing, environmental or vibration testing, component qualification, PCB design, embedded interfaces, or Python scripting.
Pay
USD 165K – USD 195K base salary
Tools
oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, DAQ systems, VNAs, vector signal analyzers/generators, CAN, Python
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