Relativity Space
Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer
$148K–$222K
Long Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
About the job
Owns the design, development, integration, verification, and delivery of spacecraft avionics systems for deep-space missions, from concept through flight-qualified hardware.
What you'll do
- Develop avionics systems from architecture and design through integration, verification, and flight qualification.
- Lead avionics hardware builds, including PCB design, harnessing, embedded systems, and environmental qualification.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams and suppliers on integration, component selection, testing, and delivery.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and delivering avionics or electronics for aerospace systems or similarly complex environments.
- Hands-on experience with schematic capture, PCB layout, embedded software interfaces, and system-level testing.
- Demonstrated ability to take a design from concept through production with minimal supervision.
Nice to have
- Direct technical experience in Mars missions.
- Experience with NASA aerospace systems engineering practices in an applied / new-space manner; deep-space or high-radiation avionics systems; or spaceflight hardware environmental testing and qualification.
Pay
$148,000 — $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
PCB design, harnessing, embedded systems, schematic capture, PCB layout, embedded software interfaces
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