Lead Avionics Engineer

Starpath

Starpath Robotics is developing a full stack solution for commercial scale rocket propellant production on the Moon and Mars. We are building one of the key enabling technologies that will make Humans a multi-planet species.

If high ownership, fast pace, working with hardware, and solving challenging problems sounds like a dream come true, come join the team!

Lead Avionics Engineer

In this role, you will lead a team responsible for the design, manufacture, and test of all electronic devices across Starpath’s product line. You’ll conduct high level trades to determine specifications, often driving down cost by order(s) of magnitude relative to the state of the art.

Responsibilities

• Prototype PCBAs for motion control, power management, and radio communication

• Define & justify system requirements, conduct trade space analysis, and document decisions

• Design, manufacture, assemble, and test prototype hardware on rapid iteration timelines

• Select or invent firmware standards to meet fault tolerance and reliability specifications

• Interface with adjacent teams to integrate hardware into corresponding mechanical subsystems, with an emphasis on ease of manufacturing and meeting frequent system integration points

• Determine qualification and acceptance testing criteria with common published testing standards (ie. NASA SMC-S-016) in mind

Required Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering

• 2+ years of experience building, testing, and debugging PCBAs

• Desire and capability to lead a fast and well coordinated team

• A desire to make Humans a multi-planet species

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering

• 3+ years of experience building circuit boards

• Experience in developing low BOM cost electronics for deep space applications, including knowledge of techniques for low cost component selection

• Experience up-screening low cost components for space applications

• Desire and capability to develop hardware on rapid timelines

• Desire and capability to own hardware from prototype to production

• Desire and capability to build test support hardware (custom harnessing, fixtures, etc.) and facilitate test campaigns

• A strong desire to make Humans a multi-planet species

Position Details

• Location: Los Angeles (Hawthorne), CA

• Salary base rate is $90-$180k/yr, plus equity package; compensation scales with candidate experience

• PTO & health/dental/vision coverage include

  EAR REQUIREMENTS:

  • To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.