Electrical Engineer II

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 looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first company to achieve a successful Moon landing.

Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

As an end-to-end responsive space company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles allow us to service the entire lifecycle of government and commercial missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. We utilize carbon composite structures, patented propulsion technologies, and common components across our vehicles to iterate quickly, improve reliability, and deliver payloads at a lower cost.

SUMMARYA Firefly Avionics Electrical Engineer is responsible for defining requirements, architecture, and implementation of avionics systems on our launch vehicles. In this role, you represent the avionics team during vehicle-level trades, interfacing with other mechanical, propulsion, fluids, and structures teams to identify requirements and design an integrated solution. Additionally, you are responsible for developing and coordinating development schedules, system-level test and operations plans, and supporting launch day activities.

Previous launch vehicle experience is not required.

RESPONSIBILITIES Implement Automation for data analysis, vehicle configuration, component-level testing, and Hardware-in-the-loop Testing Coordinate systems-level requirements between launch vehicle disciplines and develop subsystem and component-level requirements

Assist in high-level, functional design and development of avionics systems for the current and future launch vehicles

Develop design, acquisition, test, and verification plans, and coordinate with the other avionics and manufacturing engineers and technicians to execute

Recommend vehicle function and reliability upgrades based on experience

Track task and personal performance

Support vehicle-level integration, vehicle testing, and launch operationsQUALIFICATIONSRequired

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering or equivalent3 - 5 years of experience working with aerospace component development, testing, or operations

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience with aerospace avionics system design, development, testing, or operations

Experience with project planning, subcontractor management, and other project management skills

Experience performing trade studies and sensitivity studies to select the best architecture option

Experience in industry standard root cause corrective analysis techniques, such as fault tree and fishbone analysis

Experience…