K2 Space
Senior Avionics Systems Engineer
$140K–$190K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Dec 12, 2025
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering, or 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 design, analysis, testing, and integration of spacecraft avionics, with a focus on qualifying hardware for demanding MEO and GEO environments.
What you'll do
- Own avionics system design, performance, and hardware across satellite-bus subsystems; lead requirements capture, design trades, and spacecraft integration.
- Create and maintain technical documentation; execute avionics testing and support spacecraft integration, troubleshooting, and risk management.
- Develop avionics production infrastructure and write reusable test, analysis, and automation software in Python and Rust.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ 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 make collaborative, risk-aware design decisions.
Nice to have
- Hands-on environmental testing of space electronics and harnessing; expertise in grounding, spacecraft charging, EMI, or RF.
- Experience with tools or technologies such as NX, Altium, Linux, Bash, C++, or MODBUS.
Pay
USD 140,000 - 190,000 base salary
Tools
Python, Rust, NX, Altium, Linux, Bash, C++, MODBUS
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