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# Avionics Hardware Engineer I

- **Company:** Relativity Space, Inc.
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $106,000.0 - $222,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Altium Designer, Data Analysis, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Embedded Software
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5799d35dc7768841

## About the Role

* Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
 * Familiarity with eCAD software such as Altium or equivalent
 * Experience with hardware bring-up, validation, debugging, and data analysis
 * Experience with board-level design from concept to manufacturing
 * Experience working with highly cross-functional teams (mechanical, thermal, electrical, software, etc.) to develop integrated electronics solutions

Nice to haves but not required:

 * Familiarity with embedded software development and integration for avionics systems
 * Experience with design for reliability and manufacturability of avionics hardware and systems
 * Technical expertise in power electronics area including motor drives and control, DC-DC converters, load switches, high voltage DC

## Description

As an electrical hardware engineer on the Avionics team, you will design, test, and analyze custom electronics on the Terran R launch vehicle. You will oversee hardware development through the entire product lifecycle from concept to flight maturity to include initial design, board bring-up, design verification, qualification, initial flight production, integration, and vehicle operations. You will work with cross-functional partner teams across the company to help the team make the best possible decisions for the overall vehicle. A strong candidate for the role will have a deep technical background in electronics design and sound project management skills to ensure the hardware project is both reliable and on-schedule to support Terran R's launch!


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