Avionics System Engineer, HITL (Starfall) - Hawthorne CA

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network • Hawthorne, CA

26d • Onsite

About The Position

When designing new vehicles at SpaceX, Hardware in the Loop (HITL) testing is the very first time real hardware comes together in a complete system! The Starfall HITL team races to design and build these cutting edge systems so the software, hardware, and the whole vehicle system can be validated. These HITL systems incorporate avionics flight hardware, racks, servers, power supplies, and custom simulators to provide a platform for teams to validate the vehicle design. It is a critical piece of making Starfall the most reliable reentry vehicle in the world.

Requirements

• Develop HITL systems for in-house developed avionics hardware products that will fly to space
• Develop software to monitor and validate performance of HITL hardware systems including OTS equipment and flight avionics
• Develop automation in Python to deploy software to avionics boxes in HITL system as well as PXI chassis in racks
• Design HITL harnessing connecting avionics boxes together in a similar manner to the flight vehicle
• Triage, troubleshoot, root cause, and repair electrical hardware issues on HITL tables at an aggressive production schedule.
• Drive future improvements to minimize prevent reoccurrence

Responsibilities

• Develop HITL systems for in-house developed avionics hardware products that will fly to space
• Develop software to monitor and validate performance of HITL hardware systems including OTS equipment and flight avionics
• Develop automation in Python to deploy software to avionics boxes in HITL system as well as PXI chassis in racks
• Design HITL harnessing connecting avionics boxes together in a similar manner to the flight vehicle
• Triage, troubleshoot, root cause, and repair electrical hardware issues on HITL tables at an aggressive production schedule.
• Drive future improvements to minimize prevent reoccurrence

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior