Lead Avionics Test Engineer

Join Relativity Space as a Lead Avionics Test Engineer. In this role, you will manage a team of test engineers and work closely with cross-functional partner hardware and software design teams. You will have a high degree of ownership over components that will fly and help shape Terran R's fundamental avionics architecture. The position offers a range of benefits, including health coverage, 401(k), equity, generous PTO, and a $2,000 annual learning stipend.

• Diriger une équipe d'ingénieurs d'essai, en possédant la conception, le développement et la mise en œuvre de systèmes d'essai entièrement automatisés.
• Collaborer avec des équipes de conception de matériel et de logiciel pour créer des actifs de test de fabrication.
• Fournir un leadership technique, encadrer les ingénieurs et établir des pratiques et des normes d'ingénierie.

• Experience with environmental and qualification testing, including vibration, thermal, shock, and EMI/EMC validation
• Experience in strategic planning, design, development, debugging, deployment, and sustaining test systems in development and production environments
• Experience owning complex automated test system design for low-voltage electronics, including embedded controllers, flight computers, communication systems, navigation systems, and/or mixed-signal electronics
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and establishing engineering best practices and standards
• Strong understanding of electrical interfaces and communication protocols such as Ethernet, CAN, RS-422/485, UART, SPI, and I2C
• Experience troubleshooting complex hardware, software, and system-level integration issues using electrical test equipment such as oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, electronic loads, and logic analyzers
• Experience developing and executing functional, acceptance, and qualification test procedures for electronic hardware
• 5+ years of experience in electronics hardware development, integration, automation, and/or test
• Undergraduate or graduate degree (BS/MS/PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Altium Designer
• Experience with RF, telemetry, GPS/GNSS, inertial navigation, or other avionics communication and navigation systems
• Experience developing automated test software using Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or similar programming environments
• Experience with data acquisition systems, instrumentation control, and automated test frameworks
• Experience transitioning electronic hardware from development and qualification into repeatable production acceptance testing