K2 Space
Principal Avionics Systems Engineer
$180K–$240K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Dec 15, 2025
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 8+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering, or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Leads the design, testing, and integration of spacecraft avionics, with a focus on specialized areas such as charging, radiation, EMI, and RF.
What you'll do
- Own avionics system design, performance, and hardware across satellite-bus subsystems; lead requirements capture and design trades with cross-functional teams.
- Create and maintain technical documentation; test flight hardware and support spacecraft integration, troubleshooting, production issue resolution, and risk management.
- Develop avionics production infrastructure and reusable test, analysis, and automation software in Python and Rust; manage project plans and milestones.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 8+ years of experience in architectural design, development, testing, and integration of space-grade avionics systems.
- Experience programmatically interfacing with hardware test automation and data analysis tasks.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment and collaboratively assess risk and make design decisions.
Nice to have
- Hands-on environmental testing of space electronics and harnessing, or expertise in grounding, spacecraft charging, EMI, and/or RF testing and compatibility.
- Experience with electrical test equipment, CAD or PCB design tools, Linux, Bash, C++, MODBUS, or vehicle-level testing.
Pay
USD $180,000 - $240,000 base salary
Tools
Python, Rust, NX, Altium, Linux, Bash, C++, MODBUS
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