Impulse Space
Avionics Ground Systems Engineer (Electrical)
$100K–$160K
Redondo Beach, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in relevant electrical systems design, build, and deployment; 1+ years hands-on hardware specification, procurement, integration, and testing. Preferred: 1+ years with NX.
- Education
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. Persons or eligible to obtain an export license from applicable U.S. government agencies.
About the job
Develops and integrates electrical ground systems that interface with flight avionics, vehicle networks, and command, control, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems, supporting testing and launch operations.
What you'll do
- Own ground-system hardware from architecture and schematics through fabrication, integration, validation, and deployment.
- Design and integrate ground-support equipment, racks, harnesses, enclosures, and vehicle interfaces; troubleshoot command, telemetry, data acquisition, and control interfaces.
- Perform electrical testing and fault isolation, support vehicle tests and launch campaigns, and maintain system documentation.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 2+ years designing, building, and deploying electrical ground support equipment, avionics integration hardware, or other high-reliability electrical systems.
- 1+ years of hands-on experience specifying, procuring, integrating, and testing electrical, instrumentation, networking, and computing hardware.
- Strong understanding of electrical design fundamentals and familiarity with aerospace or industrial communication protocols and networking.
Nice to have
- Experience with rack-level systems, harnessing, or enclosure integrations; industrial electrical safety; or launch and vehicle operations.
- 1+ years using NX; familiarity with Python, MATLAB, networking fundamentals, schematic capture, or EPlan.
Pay
$100,000 - $160,000 / year (base salary)
Tools
Ethernet, RS-422, CAN, TCP/IP, CAT5, NX, Python, MATLAB
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