Vice President of Avionics and Electronics Verified today

About the Role

Quantum Space is seeking an experienced Vice President of Avionics and Electronics to lead the strategy, development, integration, and production of electrical systems powering next-generation spacecraft. You will oversee design and delivery of flight avionics, power electronics, embedded systems, communications hardware, harnessing, guidance, navigation and control (GNC) electronics, and associated flight software interfaces.

As a key member of the leadership team, you will build and lead an engineering organization responsible for delivering reliable, flight-qualified electronic systems from concept through launch while establishing technical direction, growing engineering talent, maturing development processes, and partnering across the company to deliver innovative spacecraft solutions on aggressive schedules.

What You'll Own

• Lead the company's Avionics and Electronics organization, providing technical vision, organizational leadership, and strategic planning for spacecraft electrical systems.
• Define the architecture, development roadmap, and technology strategy for spacecraft avionics, power systems, communications electronics, embedded computing, and electrical integration.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing multidisciplinary engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and technical excellence.
• Oversee the design, analysis, development, integration, qualification, and production of flight avionics and electronic hardware.
• Establish engineering standards, design review processes, configuration management, and verification methodologies to ensure mission success.
• Partner with Systems Engineering to develop spacecraft architectures that balance performance, reliability, cost, and manufacturability.
• Drive design-for-manufacturing initiatives and work closely with Manufacturing and Supply Chain to transition products from development into production.
• Ensure compliance with aerospace industry standards, quality requirements, EMI/EMC considerations, radiation tolerance, and mission assurance objectives.
• Support proposal development, customer engagements, technical presentations, and strategic business pursuits with government, commercial, and national security customers.
• Manage departmental budgets, staffing plans, technology investments, and program resource allocation.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to maintain Quantum Space's competitive advantage in spacecraft avionics and electronics.
• Collaborate across engineering disciplines to deliver integrated spacecraft systems that meet performance, schedule, and cost objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline; Master's degree preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive engineering experience developing complex aerospace, defense, or high-reliability electronic systems.
• 8+ years of engineering leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
• Demonstrated success leading the development of flight avionics, embedded electronics, spacecraft electronics, satellites, launch vehicles, aircraft systems, or similarly complex products.
• Strong technical expertise in spacecraft avionics, embedded computing, power electronics, communications systems, digital electronics, and electrical integration.
• Experience managing full product lifecycles from concept development through qualification, production, and mission operations.
• Proven ability to recruit, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, requirements management, risk management, and technical decision-making.
• Excellent communication and executive leadership skills with the ability to influence technical and business decisions across the organization.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance as required.

Preferred Experience

• Experience leading spacecraft, satellite, or national security space programs.
• Knowledge of radiation-hardened electronics, fault-tolerant architectures, and space-qualified components.
• Experience with FPGA development, embedded processors, real-time operating systems, and high-speed digital electronics.
• Familiarity with spacecraft communications, telemetry, command and data handling (C&DH), and GNC electronics.
• Experience with environmental qualification including vibration, thermal vacuum, shock, EMI/EMC, and radiation testing.
• Working knowledge of NASA, DoD, or commercial space standards and mission assurance requirements.
• Experience scaling engineering organizations in a high-growth aerospace company.
• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Active U.S. Secret or Top Secret security clearance.

Compensation and Benefits

Base Salary: $200,000 - $275,000

Compensation includes competitive salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, generous leave, HSA, 401(k) matching, and equity participation. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.

Employment Eligibility

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including ITAR, applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 8 U.S.C. §1324b(a)(3), or otherwise eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.