Senior Design Hardware Engineer

Job Title: Senior Design Hardware Engineer 

Location: Leander, TX
Employment Type: Full‑Time
Industry: Aerospace / Space & Defense Technology
Compensation: 135K-150k annually DOE
Schedule: Monday–Friday, standard business hours

About the Opportunity

Firefly Aerospace is seeking a Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer to join its growing avionics team. This role will leverage deep electrical engineering expertise to develop, design, integrate, test, and qualify electrical components for launch vehicles and spacecraft systems.

In this position, you will take ownership of designs and requirements definition while actively participating in integration, testing, and qualification throughout the hardware development lifecycle. You'll collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams in a fast‑paced, mission‑driven environment supporting critical space programs.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Mission‑driven organization enabling launch, landing, and operations in space
• Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge launch vehicles, lunar landers, and spacecraft systems
• Collaborative, innovative culture focused on technical excellence and rapid development
• High‑impact role supporting government and commercial space missions

Why This Opportunity is Exciting

This role offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of commercial spaceflight, contributing directly to avionics systems that support launch vehicles and spacecraft operations. You'll design flight hardware used across multiple platforms, collaborate with world‑class engineers, and influence end‑to‑end hardware development from concept through flight qualification.

About Firefly Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space — anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24‑hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is seeking passionate, hardworking innovators to help fuel the company's continued success.

Sound like a good fit?

What You'll Do

• Develop new features and functionality as part of the design team for Firefly's common avionics platform used across launch vehicles and spacecraft
• Participate in technical trade studies, requirement capture, and conceptual and detailed design activities
• Create and own schematic capture and PCB layout activities, including rapid prototyping and EEE component selection
• Execute electrical simulations and analyses to support flight, qualification, and test laboratory PCB assemblies
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including systems, mechanical, software, and test engineering to develop tightly integrated, high‑performance hardware
• aerospace guidelines and standards for the development and design of electronic assemblies

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in PCB design, hardware systems design, and/or integration
• Strong skills in schematic capture and digital, analog, and power circuit PCB layout
• Experience with end‑to‑end definition, requirements generation, block‑diagram design, component selection, and circuit simulation
• Strong electrical troubleshooting skills with the ability to drive issues to root cause and resolution
• Experience using electrical test equipment to verify component and circuit functionality
• Excellent organizational skills and experience working with vendors
• Ability to work collaboratively, be proactive, and execute with minimal guidance

What Sets You Apart

• Experience developing and testing complex electronic systems combining hardware, firmware, and software
• Experience with spacecraft avionics systems design, development, production, test, and operations
• Experience using Altium or similar tools to design complex aerospace boards
• Familiarity with the V‑model design methodology
• Understanding of space radiation environments and their effects on electronic components
• Experience working with a variety of sensor types and associated analog and digital interfaces
• Familiarity with NASA GEVS or SMC‑016 environmental testing standards

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Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.