Avionics Systems Engineer

SpaceX

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Starbase, TXBrownsville, TX
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58 days ago
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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

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TL;DR · Avionics Systems Engineer

The Avionics Systems Engineer (Starship) joins a cross-functional team responsible for cradle to grave ownership of Starship vehicle avionics. This role involves developing new capabilities, designing vehicle architecture, and troubleshooting subsystems including power distribution, vehicle networks, onboard sensors, actuators, compute, RF, and video. You will triage and repair electrical hardware issues on an aggressive production schedule, represent the avionics system through integration and launch, and support vehicle pad and flight operations by evaluating vehicle health in real time. Required skills include experience with electrical component design, system level integration, and testing using software tools like Matlab, C++, or Python. You will also utilize electrical test equipment such as multimeters and oscilloscopes while contributing to architectures that minimize mass, cost, and labor.

What you'll do

  • Represent the Starship avionics system throughout all stages of integration from production to launch.
  • Triage, troubleshoot, and repair electrical hardware issues on an aggressive production schedule.
  • Support vehicle pad and flight operations as an avionics operator to evaluate vehicle health in real time.
  • Resolve real-time issues during operations and recommend the appropriate path forward.
  • Contribute to new avionics vehicle architectures that minimize mass, cost, and labor.
  • Drive future improvements to minimize the recurrence of hardware issues.
  • Troubleshoot avionics subsystems including power distribution, vehicle networks, sensors, actuators, and RF.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field, science, or math.
  • 1+ years of experience with electrical component design, system level integration of electronic components, or system level testing.
  • 1+ years of experience using software tools such as Matlab, C++, or Python.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.
  • Competence with electrical test equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, and power supplies (preferred).
  • Experience troubleshooting sensors, actuators, and electrical components (preferred).
  • Experience with 3D CAD software (preferred).
  • Operations experience in flight test, piloting aircraft, or controlling high consequence systems in real time (preferred).

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