Electrical Hardware Engineer – Avionics Verified today
About the Role
The Electrical Hardware Engineer - Avionics for Voyager Lunar Systems is responsible for design, manufacturing, and testing of electrical hardware and avionics components used across all product lines. This hybrid role is based in Pittsburgh, PA and reports to the Electronic Systems Manager.
Essential Functions
- Design PCBs for spacecraft's primary and secondary avionics systems.
- Perform trade studies on electronic components and select the best options for engineering and flight avionics units.
- Develop test procedures for component, board-level and system-level integrated testing.
- Test fabricated PCBs and integrated avionics systems.
- Participate in environmental tests of engineering design units.
- Participate in qualification tests of flight design units.
- Program embedded systems, FPGAs, microcontrollers, computer processors, graphic processors, or similar.
- Implement the full systems engineering development cycle and regularly report to the Avionics Lead on progress.
- Support hardware-in-the-loop testing with engineering and flight systems.
- Write and present technical reports.
Minimum Qualifications
- B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering
- 2+ years of experience in electronics hardware development
- Schematic and board design proficiency using software like Altium, Eagle, OrCAD, or similar
- Experience using standard electrical lab equipment (power supply, electronic load, multimeter, oscilloscope) to execute test procedures for assembled PCBs or integrated systems
- Rapid prototype development skills
- Strong debugging skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing electronic hardware, including computing, signal conditioning, control electronics, filtering, data acquisition, and command & data handling (C&DH)
- Experience writing test plans and procedures for PCBA and/or integrated system bring up, design verification, qualification, and acceptance testing
- Experience developing test scripts in Python to automate PCBA and/or integrated system test procedure execution
- Experience performing trade studies for electrical and avionics system architectures, components, and individual parts
- Experience with PCBA inspection and rework to the requirements IPC-A-610 Class 3
- Systems engineering experience for controlling requirements, risks, and integration flow
- Capable of programming embedded systems, FPGAs, microcontrollers, computer processors, graphic processors, or similar
- Familiarity with NASA-STD 4001 and NASA-STD 4003 or similar
- Experience with digital, analog, and signal conditioning circuit design
- Experience testing to MIL-STD-461 or similar
Employment Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including ITAR and EAR, applicants must be a U.S. Person: a US Citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3). Applicants must be eligible to obtain any required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Compensation and Benefits
Base salary range: $80,000-$130,000, depending on experience, skills, and location. This reflects base salary only and does not include benefits or bonus/incentive.
Benefits include:
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families, with significant company premium coverage
- Flexible, affordable gym memberships with 12,700+ options nationwide
- 401(k) retirement plan with 50% company match on contributions up to 8%
- Company wellness programs supporting physical and mental well-being
- Additional voluntary benefits and employee support resources