GITAI

GITAI

PCB Design Engineer, Avionics Hardware

Los Angeles, California, United States · Internship

No sponsorship$125k-$150kDetected 12 days ago
CybersecurityProcurementPCB DesignAltiumFPGAEmbedded SystemsAvionicsRoboticsElectrical EngineeringHardware DesignMedical DevicesCommunication

About the role

  • Space is no longer defined only by the cost of launch.
  • Satellites, space stations, lunar infrastructure, and defense systems are becoming more capable and more ambitious.
  • But getting hardware to space is only the first step.

Responsibilities

  • Relocation Support - Available for qualifying positions

Requirements

  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a closely related hardware engineering field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
  • 1+ year of full-time experience at an early-stage hardware startup, ideally Seed to Series B, is required.
  • Experience working with mechanical, firmware, software, systems, and manufacturing teams to integrate electrical hardware into a real product or system.
  • Experience with mixed-signal, power, high-speed digital, sensor, communication, motor-control, or other board-level hardware systems.
  • U.S. citizenship required, as this role will support U.S. government space and defense programs and may require eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Compensation

  • LA salary range
  • $125,000 - $150,000 USD
  • Base salary for this role is expexted to range from $125,000 to $150,000 per year.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance - Platinum medical plan with 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees
  • Equity - Stock option eligibility depending on role
  • Time Off - 12 paid holidays per year, 12 days of paid vacation per year, and paid sick leave (in accordance with applicable law)
  • Office Perks - Free snacks and drinks, plus regular team events
  • Compensation may include base salary or hourly pay and, depending on the position, equity.
  • This position is also eligible for equity.

Company info

  • GITAI is a space robotics company working to reduce the cost of work in space by 100x.
  • Space is no longer defined only by the cost of launch. Satellites, space stations, lunar infrastructure, and defense systems are becoming more capable and more ambitious. But getting hardware to space is only the first step. The harder problem is doing useful work once it is there.
  • GITAI develops robotic systems for orbital, lunar, and defense applications. Our robots are designed for tasks such as assembly, inspection, maintenance, construction, and surface operations in environments where human labor is expensive, dangerous, or impractical. To move fast and drive cost down, we keep hardware, software, testing, and integration close together. This allows our team to learn from real tests, shorten development cycles, and reduce dependency on slow external handoffs.
  • We are still early. The systems, the company, and the market are all being built at the same time. The work is difficult, and many answers are still not written down. If the work pulls you in, and you want to move it forward with your own hands, GITAI is the right place for you.
  • The harder problem is doing useful work once it is there.
  • GITAI develops robotic systems for orbital, lunar, and defense applications.
  • Our robots are designed for tasks such as assembly, inspection, maintenance, construction, and surface operations in environments where human labor is expensive, dangerous, or impractical.
  • To move fast and drive cost down, we keep hardware, software, testing, and integration close together.
  • This allows our team to learn from real tests, shorten development cycles, and reduce dependency on slow external handoffs.
  • We are still early.
  • The systems, the company, and the market are all being built at the same time.
  • The work is difficult, and many answers are still not written down.
  • If the work pulls you in, and you want to move it forward with your own hands, GITAI is the right place for you.
  • Your Mission
  • As a PCB Design Engineer, Avionics Hardware at GITAI, you will own board-level electrical hardware design for spacecraft, robotic systems, and space defense programs, including interceptor-related systems.
  • This is a PCB design and avionics hardware role.
  • It is not primarily an embedded software, firmware, or FPGA role.
  • We are looking for someone who has personally designed real PCBs and taken them through fabrication, assembly, bring-up, and test.
  • Your work will not stop at the board boundary.
  • GITAI's hardware is tightly integrated across electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, and system-level constraints.
  • You will work closely with mechanical engineers on packaging, mounting, connectors, harnessing, thermal paths, vibration constraints, and assembly sequence.
  • You will work with firmware and software engineers on interfaces, bring-up, debugging, telemetry, fault handling, and test coverage.
  • You do not need to come from the space industry.
  • Strong PCB designers from robotics, automotive, medical devices, industrial equipment, drones, defense, consumer hardware, or other hardware fields are welcome.
  • Space-specific requirements can be learned after joining.
  • What matters first is strong board-level design judgment and the ability to make hardware work inside a real system.
  • GITAI is an early-stage hardware startup.

Equal opportunity

  • GITAI USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
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