Avionics Integration & Test Leader

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About the Company

We’re supporting a rapidly scaling launch vehicle team hiring experienced avionics leaders to guide system-level integration, validation, and test.

These are hands-on leadership roles with real scope and influence: you’ll lead high-functioning engineering teams, shape the verification strategy, and own the development of integrated test platforms including HITL and GSE.

It’s a rare opportunity to work across architecture, execution, and team development — with room to scale your org and make technical decisions that directly impact flight readiness.

Why This Opportunity?

• High technical autonomy + clear org-level influence
• Build systems that fly — and the teams that make it happen
• Join a fast-moving, high-talent environment solving real-world engineering challenges
• Backed by meaningful funding, momentum, and vision

What You’ll Do

• Lead the end-to-end avionics integration and test strategy — from component validation to vehicle-level readiness
• Own system verification workflows — including requirements tracking, interface validation, and full configuration management
• Build and evolve HITL, subsystem testbeds, and avionics GSE to support functional and environmental testing
• Guide high-performing teams — mentoring senior ICs and managing managers as needed
• Collaborate across core disciplines — including propulsion, GNC, software, and vehicle integration
• Represent avionics systems in critical path planning, risk reviews, and live operations
• Support on-console test operations at stage-level and launch campaigns

Requirements

• 8–12+ years in avionics, systems integration, or test engineering
• 3+ years leading technical teams — ideally managing managers or growing leads
• Experience working with complex hardware-software systems — ideally in aerospace, autonomous systems, or defense
• Strong understanding of system-level test architecture — including environmental standards (DO-160, MIL-STD-810, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with test tools and scripting (Python, MATLAB, etc.)
• Background in electrical or systems engineering preferred

Preferred Experience

• Launch vehicle, spacecraft, or high-reliability flight system experience
• Demonstrated success in startup or rapid-iteration environments
• Experience managing tough organizational decisions or scaling high-impact teams
• Experience supporting flight-readiness and launch ops

Additional

• Hiring Range: $236,000 - $337,000 USD
• Our client is committed to transparency and fairness in their compensation practices.
  
  Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
  
  
• Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package.
  
  They offer competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more!

Our client is an equal opportunity employer.

They evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

About AdAstra

AdAstra Talent Advisors is a headhunting and talent advising firm focused on the Climate, Space, and Defense sectors of Hard Tech.

We specialize in pairing highly technical and executive talent with some of the world’s leading Hard Tech startups.

At AdAstra, we catalyze the innovations that future generations depend on by placing the right people in the right seats.

Our dedicated work enables inconceivable technology from Earth, to the stars.

And it’s all because of trailblazing talent like you - those driven to do what’s never been done before.

We care about long term relationships with both candidates and companies.

Even if the role we initially discuss isn’t a perfect fit, it’s likely we’ll have something relevant to share with you in the future.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Industries

• Defense and Space Manufacturing

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