Avionics Technician - Spaceplane

Our Mission: Fly to Space Twice in a Day

At Dawn Aerospace, we are building the Aurora, a reusable rocket-powered spaceplane designed to make access to space as routine as aviation. To support this mission Dawn is looking for an Avionics Technician to join our Avionics Team.

About the Role

This is a hands-on role focused on building, integrating, and supporting the avionics systems that power the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane. You will work closely with avionics engineers, manufacturing teams, and suppliers to deliver high-quality aircraft systems as we transition the Mk-II Aurora from a research and development platform into a repeatable production aircraft. You will take ownership of electrical harness manufacture, supply chain coordination, and helping establish the processes and standards that will support future aircraft production.

What You'll Do

• Build, install, and test flight-ready electrical harnesses, including manufacture, lacing, termination, labelling, inspection, routing, continuity testing, fault finding, and verification
• Support the transition from development to production by improving documentation, work instructions, tooling, and production workflows
• Integrate avionics systems into aircraft, including flight computers, sensors, radios, antennas, and supporting electronics
• Configure and verify aircraft electrical systems, and support system-level testing during integration
• Manage harness and avionics supply chains, including sourcing, bills of materials, procurement, inventory, supplier engagement, harness kits, and production stock
• Create and maintain design data including electrical schematics, BOMs, standards and SOPs
• Maintain high standards of workmanship, safety, and documentation
• Collaborate closely with avionics, mechanical, manufacturing, and flight test teams

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in aircraft, aerospace, or automotive, electrical integration
• Experience in cable and harness assembly to recognised industry standards, such as NASA-STD-8739.4, IPC/WHMA-A-620, RA-5401, or AC 25-26
• Proficient in the use of a range of Precision Termination Tooling (PTT) for electrical crimping and terminal installation
• Experience producing high reliability, safety critical products
• Experience installing and troubleshooting electrical or avionics systems
• Experience reading and producing electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering drawings
• Experience with standard electrical test equipment, such as multimeters, insulation testers, oscilloscopes, or network analysers

Bonus Skills

• Aircraft avionics integration experience
• RF system installation and coaxial harnessing
• Experience with Rapidharness
• Experience with CAD tools such as SolidWorks Electrical or SolidWorks
• High-reliability soldering, such as ECSS-Q-ST-70-08
• PCB assembly, rework, or modification

About Dawn Aerospace

Dawn Aerospace is a space transportation company with a purpose. Our mission is to enable the next generation of space users by providing more sustainable and scalable ways to access and move around in space. We currently focus on three areas: in-space propulsion (a leading supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems, with over 170 units on more than 40 operational satellites and a further 200 in production), in-space servicing (satellite refuelling to enable life extension), and spaceplane — developing the fastest and highest-flying aircraft ever to take off from a runway, combining rocket propulsion with the reusability of conventional airplanes. Our international teams are distributed across the Netherlands, France, New Zealand, and the USA.