Director of Avionics

Outpost is an orbital logistics company rewriting the rules of global logistics by building reusable Earth-return vehicles that unlock in-space manufacturing, on-orbit warehousing, and 60-minute global delivery through space.

Our CarryAll vehicle family returns payloads ranging from 200 kilograms to 10 metric tons, lands within 10 meters of its target, and can then be refurbished and launched again. One vehicle, many missions: responsive logistics and precision delivery for national security; commercial cargo moved with real cadence; R&D payloads flown, tested, and refined across repeatable cycles; and critical aid delivered where roads and runways can’t reach.

The demand is already here, validated through defense and civil agreements and supported by a growing pipeline of government and commercial customers.

We have the customers, the team, and a clear technical path ahead of us. We’re building the return lane. Come build it with us.

The Avionics team is responsible for the design, testing, and production of electronic systems for Outpost’s Earth return vehicles and ground support equipment. You'll collaborate closely with engineers across multiple domains to create efficient and sustainable solutions. This position offers the chance to engage in all aspects of spacecraft development and own avionics subsystems from end to end, from architecture and requirements definition through design, test, integration, and providing support during flight and re-entry.

• →Capture vehicle avionics requirements.
• →Evaluate new EEE components, system architectures, and hardware designs.
• →Prototype new avionics hardware.
• →Own development of flight hardware, ground hardware, and test hardware.
• →Interface directly with external vendors.
• →Manage a small team including flight software, embedded software, and avionics design engineering.
• →Define avionics design, manufacturing, test, and conops procedures.
• →Interface with leadership for project management, budgeting, hiring, and scheduling.

• 4+ years of experience designing and building electrical hardware for high-reliability applications such as aerospace, defense, or automotive.
• First principles knowledge of electrical engineering.
• Experience with PCB/PCBA design, manufacturing, bring-up and test.
• Experience with embedded software development.
• Working knowledge of qualification and acceptance testing practices.
• Working knowledge of component derating, fault tolerance, and reliability engineering.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, or related field.
• Familiarity with C/C++, Python, and AI coding practices.
• Schematic capture and PCB layout experience.
• EEE component radiation testing experience.
• Power electronics design experience.
• RF hardware design experience.