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Avionics - Integration And Test Engineer

A thriving economy in space is needed to make life on Earth more vibrant, sustainable, and equitable. Space technology will enable global access to information, solutions to climate change, answers to global food security, products that transform healthcare, clean energy production, and more. Today, rocket launch options are slow, expensive, and unreliable. Stoke is building the world's most efficient fully and rapidly reusable rocket designed to fly daily that will radically increase access to space and open up the space economy to safeguard our precious home, Earth.

Responsibilities

• Develop a complete understanding of mechanical, electrical, and software interfaces necessary to integrate and operate the launch vehicle
• Own NOVA stage integrated avionics system all the way from development, manufacturing, through test, and all the way into launch operations
• Develop system and harness schematics, equipment lists, integration and test plans for the complete stage and engine avionics system
• Coordinate with component owners, software and other engineering disciplines to identify and correct integration issues early in the design cycle
• Support component test engineers for hardware acceptance testing and drive for common hardware and test methodologies
• Facilitate / utilize hardware-in-the-loop test solutions to validate vehicle designs and develop continuous integration test objectives
• Plan and execute system integration and vehicle checkout tests
• Troubleshoot electrical hardware issues on vehicle, and coordinate with component owners to drive corrective actions and design changes
• Develop day of flight procedures and sequences for battery charging, avionics health checking, and vehicle launch and recovery
• Support integrated stage and hot fire testing at our Moses Lake, WA Test site and onsite at Cape Canaveral
• Operate the vehicle Avionics system through launch and recovery day of flight

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Benefits

Compensation

Target Levels :

Our job posts are intentionally written to attract a wide variety of experience levels, and we make decisions about the right fit on a per-candidate basis.

Your actual level and base salary will be decided based on your specific experience and skill level.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Opportunity

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including with respect to disability and veteran status. It is committed to compliance with all equal opportunity laws, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and Title VII. It does not discriminate on the basis of nationality, race, citizenship, immigration status, or any other protected class when it comes to employment practices, including hiring.

Employment at the Company is contingent upon satisfactory completion of reference and background checks, and on your ability to prove your identity and authorization to work in the U.S. for the Company. Employees must comply with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services employment verification requirements, and, therefore, they must complete an Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 at the start of employment and re-verify authorization to work periodically.

Separate from this I-9 process, this position entails access to certain technology and technical data that is restricted under U.S. export control laws and regulations. Employment or continued employment may be conditioned on your legal authorization to work with or have access to export control materials as necessary to perform your job.