Flight Electronics & Avionics Electrical Engineer

A New Paradigm For Space Operations. 

Who We Are: 

Space Kinetic is a dual use space technology startup building a completely new architecture for space operations – one that brings the advantages of proliferated drone technology (low-cost, operationally flexible, attainable, distributed) to space missions while reducing the ecosystem's reliance on consumable fuel. In a world where many companies are focused on incrementally improving the status quo,  we are focused on creating something entirely different – an architecture underpinned by new first principles to meet the opportunities and challenges of the third space age head-on.  Our goal is to move away from one-to-one space architectures – where each satellite in a constellation has one (or a small # of) primary payloads attached to the bus -- and unlock a ‘one-to-many’ system, where each satellite has a large number of payloads which can be deployed from their host spacecraft at high velocities without firing a thruster.

This is not a role for someone looking for a traditional 40-hour work week. Space Kinetic is building ambitious, first-of-its-kind technology, and that requires urgency, ownership, and a high level of commitment to changing the foundational assumptions for everything we do in space.  

What You’ll Do: 

As Lead Flight Electronics & Avionics Electrical Engineer, you will lead the design, development, integration, and testing of flight-critical electrical systems for launch vehicles and spacecraft. You will guide the electrical engineering team and collaborate across mechanical, software, GNC, propulsion, and systems engineering to take hardware from concept through flight.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead electrical engineering design efforts and provide technical guidance to the team.
• Design flight electronics, avionics, power distribution systems, and vehicle electrical architectures.
• Develop schematics, PCBs, cable harnesses, grounding strategies, and electrical interfaces.
• Define electrical requirements and interface specifications for vehicle systems and payloads.
• Perform component selection, electrical analysis, worst-case analysis, and reliability assessments.
• Lead hardware bring-up, debugging, troubleshooting, and qualification testing.
• Develop and execute test plans for subsystem and integrated vehicle testing.
• Support environmental testing, vehicle integration, launch campaigns, and anomaly investigations.

What It Takes: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.