# Principal Avionics Engineer

Parallax Space is building critical mission infrastructure to enable rapid, reliable, and scalable access to space. We partner with commercial, civil, and national security customers to deliver high-performance satellite components, integrated payload systems, and mission capabilities that close critical gaps in modern space architecture. Our model combines advanced engineering, mission execution, and scalable manufacturing to deliver high-TRL products and flight-ready systems at speed. We are building the infrastructure backbone for the next generation of space systems. Location Redondo Beach, CA / Denver, CO - 100% onsite Reports To Head of Engineering Employment Type Full-Time Department Engineering / Avionics Travel Required 20% of the time Security Clearance Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance POSITION OVERVIEW Parallax Space is seeking a Principal Avionics Engineer to architect and own our core avionics offerings for space vehicles. This person will define the avionics product line that Parallax builds once and deploys across spacecraft buses, hosted payloads, and integrated mission systems: command and data handling, flight computing, power distribution

- **Id**: 3858614
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/parallax-space-principal-avionics-engineer>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Denver, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-27T19:02:59Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-27
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T12:35:51Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 12
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8043
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space & Aerospace, Launch Services, Electrical & Electronic Engineering

## Company

- **Id**: 4520011
- **Name**: Parallax Space
- **Domain**: parallaxspace.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/parallax-space>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Rippling

## Technologies

- **SpaceWire** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 12

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T07:57:11Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 69
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.767
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 12
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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