Stratolaunch
Avionics Engineer - Payloads
$86K–$148K
Mojave, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- Level I: 0-2 years; Level II: 2-5 years; Sr Level: 5-10 years of engineering experience. Each level also accepts an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Ability to acquire and maintain a DOW security clearance is required. U.S. Citizenship may be required for some positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
About the job
Designs, integrates, tests, and analyzes instrumentation and telemetry systems for experimental customer payloads on Talon-A hypersonic vehicles.
What you'll do
- Assess payload requirements and coordinate data collection and recording across teams and subsystems.
- Develop, test, and support instrumentation and telemetry systems and tests.
- Analyze flight data, report results to customers, and support payload integration and customer reviews.
What they ask for
- Experience in instrumentation, telemetry, or network engineering in an operational or regulated test environment; experience with data acquisition systems and dataloggers.
- Experience with government procurement processes and writing system requirements or eliciting requirements from customers.
- Experience designing test equipment for bench and in-vehicle testing of electronic assemblies.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language; experience with source control systems; laboratory equipment experience; ability to acquire and maintain a DOW security clearance.
Nice to have
- Flight test or Mission Control Room experience; aircraft harness design and manufacturing; aircraft or launch vehicle development; payload integration and test; RF devices; environmental qualification; hands-on aircraft build, piloting, or flight test experience.
- Experience with Curtiss-Wright or Safran Data Acquisition Units, NI LabVIEW, NI DAQmx, or requirements management tools such as JAMA or Doors.
Pay
$86,000-$103,800 USD base salary; $97,500-$120,000 USD base salary; $120,000-$147,600 USD base salary
Tools
C/C++/C#, Python, git, MS Office, Curtiss-Wright, Safran Data Acquisition Units, NI LabVIEW, NI DAQmx
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