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# Avionics Hardware Development Engineer

- **Company:** Varda Space Industries
- **Location:** Long Beach, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $109,148.0 - $172,673.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Altium Designer, Data Analysis, Encodings, Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Schematic Capture, Signal Integrity, Software Requirements Analysis, Integration Tests, Pcb Layout
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5248b8e898ef1d05

## About the Role

* B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineer or related field.
 * 3+ years of direct experience designing electronics hardware - schematic capture, PCB layout, and board bring-up.
 * Demonstrated experience designing flight hardware circuit boards - schematic capture through functional test - on programs where hardware physically flew or was qualified for flight.
 * Strong sense of ownership and responsibility for components you contribute towards.
 * Strong hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, function generators, benchtop digital multimeters, and power supplies.
 * Understanding of analog/digital filtering, mixed-signal circuit design, analysis, and test.
 * Knowledge of signal integrity, power, grounding, and general board layout principles.
 * Experience programming in Python, MATLAB, or another scripting/data analysis language.
 * Understanding of sensor and actuator technologies including: RTD's, pressure transducers, DC brushless motors, solenoid valves, thermocouples, hydraulic servo valves, LVDT, RVDT, Rotary/Linear Encoders.
 * Don't worry if you don't check 100% of these boxes... We want to meet you!, * Demonstrated experience in delivering flight avionics for aircraft, launch vehicles, or other space applications.
 * Schematic and layout experience using Altium Designer.
 * Strong understanding and experience in environmental testing, such as vibration, shock, thermal, and TVAC.
 * Direct experience in launch vehicle avionics systems integration.
 * Experience with high and low speed instrumentation and data acquisition.
 * Firm understanding of instrumentation, interfaces and sensors including power supplies, serial devices, switch topologies, accelerometers, and 4-20mA sensors.

## Description

* Develop mixed-signal designs and shepherd them through the full product lifecycle including requirements definition, design, development, qualification, and release to production.
 * Support avionics architecture trade studies, analyses, performance characterization and specification, device selection, and roadmap direction.
 * Support risk analyses, design for test/manufacture/cost, and root-cause analysis of test discrepancies.
 * Design electrical circuit boards.
 * Collaborate on mechanical design fit, form, and function.
 * Functionally test your hardware through thermal, vibe, shock, TVAC, and EMI.
 * Write vehicle level integration test plans to validate for flight.
 * Perform root cause analysis for test failures and develop mitigation strategies for flight risks.
 * Example of Avionics Products you'll be working on: flight computers, networking, star trackers, reaction wheels, magnetorquers, payload controllers, battery packs, solar charger, RF transceiver and decoder.