Staff Avionics Systems Engineer

Reaxiomatic • San Diego, CA

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Reax is hiring a Staff Avionics Systems Engineer to own complete avionics systems from architecture through integration and test. The role turns program intent into reliable, low-cost, flight-relevant hardware systems on short timelines, balancing schedule, cost, reliability, regulatory path, and technical performance. It involves bringing together commercial-off-the-shelf and custom components across RF, compute, data handling, sensing, power, wiring, and command-and-control interfaces; integrating them into aircraft or mission systems; and developing architectures that are simple, inspectable, maintainable, and credible to internal engineering teams and external stakeholders.

The engineer is the responsible engineer for the avionics subsystem and combines technical ownership with programmatic responsibility. They define the system, make trade decisions, coordinate with adjacent engineering functions, manage subsystem budget and schedule, and ensure the delivered system meets program intent. The work is expected to be scrappy and iterative while maintaining technical clarity, analytical rigor, and professionalism. The role initially has no direct reports, but requires coordination with other vehicle engineers and management of vendors and subcontractors. It reports to the Founder and CEO and is based onsite in San Diego.

Requirements

• Demonstrated rapid delivery of low-cost, reliable avionics hardware systems in aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial, robotics, or another hardware-intensive environment where systems had to work outside a lab.
• Deep practical understanding of one or more avionics-relevant subsystems, such as command and data handling, RF communications, LOS/BLOS data links, embedded compute, power management, sensing, wire harnessing, or aircraft electrical integration.
• Ability to reason from first principles about system safety, reliability, latency, data integrity, RF performance, power behavior, and operational constraints.
• Experience making technical trades across cost, schedule, reliability, maintainability, regulatory burden, and performance.
• Ability to work across disciplines without waiting for every interface, requirement, or organizational boundary to be fully defined.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated delivery of a simple, reliable, full-stack avionics hardware system integrating aerospace, industrial, automotive, telecom, or embedded hardware, depending on the use case.

Responsibilities

• Own avionics-system engineering from architecture through integration and test.
• Define the avionics subsystem and make technical trade decisions across cost, schedule, reliability, maintainability, regulatory burden, and performance.
• Integrate COTS and custom components across RF, compute, data handling, sensing, power, wiring, and command-and-control interfaces into aircraft or mission systems.
• Coordinate with adjacent engineering functions and other engineers across the vehicle.
• Manage the avionics subsystem budget and schedule.
• Manage vendors and subcontractors.
• Ensure the delivered system meets program intent and is reliable, maintainable, and credible to internal and external stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed