Senior Avionics Systems Test Engineer, Operations Verified today
About the Team
The Avionics team designs and validates all electrical systems on Terran R, including flight computers, power systems, RF systems, PCB design, autonomous flight safety systems, and telemetry. You will work on complex, modular electrical systems critical to successful launch.
About the Role
As Senior Avionics Systems Test Engineer, you will be the responsible engineer for avionics system-level integration, design validation, test, and operations across the full product lifecycle of Terran R.
Your responsibilities include:
- Design, develop, and execute avionics testing strategies for rocket systems
- Coordinate test efforts to validate avionics system and subsystem design, including power system validation, fault tolerance and isolation behavior, vehicle network behavior, and software validation
- Develop vehicle-level avionics CONOPs, go/no-go criteria, system automation, and operator manuals
- Support development and operation of Avionics integrated system testbeds
- Support on-console test operations and data review for the avionics system during stage-level test and launch operations
- Work closely with the avionics design team to identify and troubleshoot issues
About You
Required qualifications:
- Undergraduate or graduate degree (BS/MS/PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years experience with integrated systems test, such as flight test, hardware or software design validation, or development of hardware in the loop test platforms
- Understanding of engineering requirements capture and the verification/validation test planning process
- Experience testing, validating, and troubleshooting complex integrated electrical and software systems
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python or MATLAB for data acquisition/recording and analysis
Nice to haves:
- Familiarity with wire harness design tools such as Zuken
- Familiarity with CAD tools such as NX and Teamcenter
- Familiarity with PCB design modeling tools such as Altium Designer
- Familiarity with common communication protocols such as Ethernet, CAN, UART, SPI
Compensation
Hiring range: $148,000 to $222,000 USD. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and additional benefits.