Vast
Senior Electronics & Avionics Engineer
$138K–$196K
Long Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 4, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in electronics or avionics design in aerospace or defense; 3+ years owning hardware development programs end-to-end.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Own end-to-end avionics development for a new satellite bus, from design and qualification through flight hardware delivery and production scaling.
What you'll do
- Make, buy, or reuse decisions for avionics boxes and lead in-house developments through flight build and qualification.
- Manage PCBA design, procurement, fabrication, assembly, board bring-up, testing, and harness design.
- Design for high-rate production and coordinate cross-program alignment with the Haven-1 avionics team.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- 8+ years of electronics or avionics design experience in aerospace or defense.
- 3+ years owning hardware development programs end-to-end.
- Experience delivering space-qualified avionics boxes through full lifecycle; strong PCBA design, radiation testing, environmental qualification, and board bring-up experience.
Nice to have
- Able to obtain a security clearance.
- CMG, reaction wheel, or ADCS actuator electronics; power electronics; EMI/EMC; IPC/J-STD; or prototype-to-production experience.
Pay
$137,760 — $195,552 USD (base salary)
Tools
PCBA, IPC Class 3, SMC-S-016, HALT/HASS, EEE-INST-002, MIL-STD-461, IPC/J-STD
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