Avionics Telemetry Engineer

Responsibilities

• Contribute to instrumentation, network, and telemetry system requirements development, architecture design, testing, and operation.
• Support flight operations by ensuring data system assets are prepared for flight test missions.
• Manage and configure aircraft instrumentation systems to provide real-time mission monitoring and post-flight data analysis.
• Support the selection and harness design for new sensors, data acquisition units, computers, and network switches.
• Develop and maintain software tools for configuration management, simulation, deployment, and analysis.
• Perform integration testing including power checks, sensor calibration, and equipment checkout.
• Collaborate with design engineers, network engineers, and technicians to meet mission goals.

Requirements

• Experience in Telemetry, Instrumentation, or Network engineering in an operational or regulated test environment.
• Proficiency with Ethernet networking, including TCP, UDP, and multicasting.
• Experience integrating data acquisition instrumentation (Analog, discrete, and digital protocols such as ARINC 429).
• Knowledge of RF devices such as transmitters, receivers, and encoders/decoders.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language, including C/C++, C#, or Python.
• Experience with source control systems like Git and continuous integration toolchains.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the SECRET level or above.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline with 2-5 years of experience (Level II) or 5-10 years of experience (Senior).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with complex payload or guided systems and hypersonic/high Mach systems.
• Knowledge of telemetry standards such as IRIG 106.
• Experience with requirements management tools like JAMA or Doors.
• Hands-on aircraft build, piloting, or flight test program experience.
• Experience with Curtiss-Wright or Safran Data Acquisition Units.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.

Benefits

• 9/80 work schedule.
• Comprehensive healthcare including medical, dental, and vision.
• Paid maternity and parental leave.
• 401(k) with 50% company match up to $11,500.
• Tuition reimbursement.

About the Company

Stratolaunch is a technology accelerator that engineers operationally realistic testing at Mach 5+. We utilize air-launched, reusable platforms to enable routine access to the hypersonic environment, delivering critical flight data to advance national security and rapid technology deployment.