# Avionics Hardware Engineer

About Lodestar Lodestar's mission is to develop the first "Protect and Defend" capability for high-value space assets in orbit. Our flagship product, MITHRIL, is our hardware-agnostic, AI-enabled autonomy software suite that enables us to augment any off-the-shelf spacecraft with the ability to autonomously detect, characterise, and reversibly neutralise orbital threats. By building on the proven space heritage of our best-in-class satellite-bus partners and fully integrating MITHRIL into a single unified platform, we deliver an end-to-end, autonomous in-space bodyguarding service. About the Job We are seeking a highly motivated Mid-level Avionics hardware engineer to join our multidisciplinary team developing next-generation space systems. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and validating advanced avionics architectures for autonomous platforms. This role offers the opportunity to work hands-on across the full lifecycle, from concept and simulation to hardware testing and on-orbit readiness. What You’ll Do Define and own the avionics subsystem architectures. Design, layout, bring-up and validation of PCBs for high-speed digital avionics systems. Lead design revie

- **Id**: 878835
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/lodestarspace-avionics-hardware-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2025-10-20T13:02:34Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-24
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T20:29:34Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 386
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4917
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space Services, Defense AI

## Company

- **Id**: 716996
- **Name**: Lodestar
- **Domain**: lodestar.space
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/lodestar-2>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Salary

- **Min**: 55000
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 73622

## Technologies

- **Linux** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 385

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-13T22:59:16Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 5
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.187
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 385
- **Expected fill days**: 53
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 73622
- **Is top pay**: no

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