Albedo

Director, Avionics and Electronics

Albedo

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Colorado

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $230,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead the architecture, development, and integration of spacecraft avionics and electrical systems, spanning flight computers, power systems, communication interfaces, and custom PCBAs to advance Albedo's in-house architecture.
  • Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering domains, ensuring robust design, testability, and manufacturability of electronics hardware built for VLEO and beyond.
  • Own full lifecycle execution of avionics subsystems from requirements definition to flight – including design reviews, hardware selection, integration, and environmental testing.
  • Interface directly with cross-functional stakeholders (systems, payload, embedded control systems, GNC, mechanical, software) to ensure seamless system-level performance.
  • Partner closely with vendors and manufacturers to ensure Albedo's custom hardware is delivered to spec, on time, and on budget.
  • Establish best practices for avionics development and documentation, including automated bring-up, verification, and fault detection strategies.
  • Utilize AI to help advance and accelerate Albedo's electronics and test capabilities.
  • Contribute to strategic planning and execution of Albedo’s hardware roadmap, ensuring avionics platforms scale with future satellite constellations.
  • Identify and evaluate new technology opportunities that advance company capabilities.

Requirements

  • Regularly uses AI tools as essential leverage to accelerate work, improve clarity, and multiply output
  • 12+ years of experience in avionics or electronics engineering, with at least 5+ years in leadership roles, including ownership of flight electronics
  • Proven track record of leading teams and delivering space-rated hardware on time and within spec
  • Deep expertise in PCB design, digital logic, FPGAs, power electronics, embedded systems, and integration with software and mechanical teams
  • Exceptional ability to translate high-level mission objectives into actionable technical strategies
  • Experience with formal agile and waterfall program/project management practices — tracking hardware schedules, quick iteration, risk mitigation, test strategies, and cross-discipline dependencies
  • Familiarity with environmental and EMI/EMC testing requirements for spaceflight hardware
  • Comfortable working hands-on in a lab environment with flight hardware – oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal testing, etc.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, able to lead multidisciplinary teams and interface with executive leadership
  • Passion for pushing boundaries in hardware design and executing at startup speed
  • US citizenship required or lawful permanent resident or protected individual, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from U.S. Department of State