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Reflect Orbital

Avionics Engineer

$100K–$200K

Hawthorne, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Feb 7, 2025

Experience
4–6 years of avionics or electronics engineering experience; spacecraft experience is ideal.

About the job

Own the design, development, testing, and flight operation of electronic subsystems for Reflect Orbital’s first spacecraft.

What you'll do

  • Own avionics system-level design, interfaces, and system trades; prototype and validate flight computers, communication systems, and power-system and ADCS electronics.
  • Establish electrical engineering design practices and develop in-house avionics test infrastructure.
  • Design and execute qualification tests for vibration, shock, thermal, and thermal-vacuum environments, and support hardware through flight operation.

What they ask for

  • Experience designing and validating PCBAs for space or similar high-performance environments.
  • Experience owning multiple high-reliability electronics subsystems from concept to deployment.
  • Ability to work autonomously, iterate on requirements and architecture, and troubleshoot electronics systems.

Nice to have

  • Spacecraft avionics or electronics engineering experience.
  • Space-environment PCBA design and validation experience.

Pay

$100K – $200K (base salary)

Tools

PCBAs, flight computers, ADCS, flatsat, GPS sim, power sim, comms sim

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