ACARA Jobs
Electrical Engineer III
Apply- ID: 559270
- Posted: 4/17/2026
- Location: Leander, TX
- Category: Pro - Engineering
- Job Type: Direct Placement
- Duration: Direct Placement
Description
Job Title: Electrical Engineer III
Location: Leander, TX
Employment: Direct Hire
Industry: Aerospace and Defense
Compensation: $120K - $150K/year.
Schedule: 40 hours/week
About the Opportunity:
- Responsible for defining requirements, architecture, and implementation of avionics systems on our launch vehicles.
- In this role, you represent the avionics team during vehicle-level trades, interfacing with other mechanical, propulsion, fluids, and structures teams to identify requirements and design an integrated solution.
- Additionally, you are responsible for developing and coordinating development schedules, system-level test and operations plans, and supporting launch day activities.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability
- Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries
- People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work
- Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates
Why This Opportunity is Exciting:
- This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance—where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.
About Acara Solutions
- Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.
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What You'll Do:
- Implement Automation for data analysis, vehicle configuration, component-level testing, and Hardware-in-the-loop Testing.
- Coordinate systems-level requirements between launch vehicle disciplines and develop subsystem and component-level requirements.
- Assist in high-level, functional design and development of avionics systems for the current and future launch vehicles.
- Develop design, acquisition, test, and verification plans, and coordinate with the other avionics and manufacturing engineers and technicians to execute.
- Recommend vehicle function and reliability upgrades based on experience.
- Track task and personal performance.
- Support vehicle-level integration, vehicle testing, and launch operations.
Job Requirements
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
- 2+ years of experience working with aerospace component development, testing, or operations.
- 2+ years of experience with hands-on troubleshooting electronics systems.
- 2+ years of experience with various sensors including temperature sensors, pressure transducers, strain gauges, and accelerometers.
What Sets You Apart:
- Previous launch vehicle experience.
- Experience with aerospace avionics system design.
- Experience with project planning, subcontractor management, and other project management skills.
- Experience performing trade studies and sensitivity studies to select the best architecture option.
- Experience in industry standard root cause corrective analysis techniques, such as fault tree and fishbone analysis.
- Experience with Python for manipulating/visualizing data and controlling test equipment.
- Experience with launch vehicle or spacecraft avionics systems.
- Experience with project management.
- Experience with environmental analysis and test including thermal cycle, thermal vacuum, shock, and vibration.
- Experience with Jama or other requirements management tools.
- Experience with military and NASA standards as it relates to systems engineering, system design and qualification testing.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Basic understanding of digital signal processing for data acquisition.
Additional Information:
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and drug screen
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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.