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Lead Electrical Engineer (Avionics)

Impulse Space
Redondo Beach, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/23/2026
Lead Electrical Engineer (Avionics)

Department: Avionics

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach

Reporting To: Kevin Mikolaitis, Director of Avionics

Compensation: $145,000 - $175,000 / year

Description

As a Lead Avionics Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for developing the Avionic systems for Impulse's next generation of space vehicles. You will manage a team of talented electrical engineers who design and test custom circuit boards, working to rapidly develop high reliability electronics. You will work directly with mission managers, software engineers, propulsion engineers, integration, and customers. You will have the opportunity to contribute to all aspects of spacecraft electronics development, from architecting new systems to building and operating them.

Responsibilities
  • Drive program execution and schedule
  • Own system trades and analysis, requirement tracking, and risk mitigation
  • Support hardware from concept through design, production, integration, and flight
  • Lead a team of electrical engineers responsible for schematic capture, component selection, analysis, PCB layout, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test
  • Establish and maintain high technical standards and mentor less experienced engineers
  • Develop qualification and test campaigns to verify designs meet mission requirements
  • Partner with mission managers, firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing and test teams
  • Drive changes that make the system more efficient, manufacturable, and reliable

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • 5 years professional experience designing electronics for rockets, spacecraft, or other vehicles Experience with electronic component selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and layout
  • Knowledge of analog and digital circuit design, power management, microcontrollers, digital and high-speed interfaces (SPI, ethernet, RS-422, etc.)
  • Hands on experience troubleshooting electronics problems at the board level
  • 1 years of experience leading a team or technical project

Preferred Skills and Experience
  • Master's degree in electrical engineering or related field
  • Experience with PCBA design in Altium
  • Self-motivated with proven ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and resolve critical issues
  • Experience developing new hardware and owning project schedules
  • Experience with reliability, radiation, EMC and other relevant concepts when designing avionics for spacecraft
  • Experience in a startup or fast paced agile development environment

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

Impulse Space's spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Salary : $145,000 - $175,000

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