Avionics Manufacturing Engineer (All Levels) (Aerospace)

Location: Hawthorne, California, United States; hybrid workplace with on-site production and interview requirements

Salary: $140,000–$230,000 per year

Company

Astrolab designs and builds lunar rovers, power systems, and data networks for sustained operations on the Moon.

What you will do

• Own fabrication, assembly, and testing for high-reliability avionics hardware, including wire harnesses, PCBAs, and electromechanical assemblies.
• Develop, qualify, and optimize manufacturing processes to improve quality, yield, production rate, and cost.
• Lead new product introduction from development into production by defining process flows, capacity plans, and production readiness criteria.
• Review designs for manufacturability, testability, and reliability, and provide actionable feedback during design reviews.
• Create manufacturing documentation, including mBOMs, work instructions, assembly and test procedures, and training materials.
• Design and validate tooling and test fixtures, support systems integration, and investigate non-conforming hardware through root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics-related field.
• At least 1 year of experience in the design, manufacturing, or production of mechanical or electrical hardware systems.
• Experience manufacturing high-reliability electronics for aerospace or another regulated industry.
• Experience with wire harnessing, PCBA production, or electromechanical assembly.
• Ability to collaborate with design engineering, production, supply chain, and quality teams and support technicians on the production floor.
• For senior and staff levels, experience leading end-to-end process development or NPI efforts, mentoring engineers, and establishing manufacturing validation and documentation standards.

Nice to have

• Experience with IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, and IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards, including space addenda.
• Knowledge of design for manufacturability, design for testability, GD&T, and drawing reviews.
• Experience with Altium, NX, SolidWorks, MES, or PLM systems.
• Experience designing custom tooling and test fixtures or using power supplies, multimeters, and oscilloscopes for circuit troubleshooting.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive environment built around trust, diverse perspectives, purposeful execution, and measurable impact.
• Equity ownership in the company.
• Medical, dental, vision, and mental health benefits.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Flexible PTO and parental leave.
• Weekly lunch stipend, on-site snacks and beverages, and a monthly on-site social hour.

Hiring process

• Application review and recruiter phone interview.
• Video interviews followed by an on-site interview.
• Offer and hiring decision.