Job Description

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will function in many roles to use and expand your knowledge of electronics and RF hardware and software. You will perform analyses, design, implementation, optimization, and enhancement of subsystems utilized in nanosatellite bus and communications payload. Working with other Electrical Engineers, you will design and assemble circuit boards and participate in the iterative design, integration, and testing of nanosatellite bus and payload electronics hardware and software. As part of the design cycle, you will need fluency with simulation and design tools, test equipment for validation of brassboards, and be comfortable in lab environments. In particular, since the payloads operate at frequencies from UHF to Ka Band, your work will involve the use of spectrum analyzers and other RF equipment. You will also be involved as part of the design team in component and vendor selections.

If you enjoy the challenge of a broad role and have a track record of creative thinking to solve unconventional problems, we look forward to meeting you!

Core Responsibilities:

Straddle engineering work in the domains of electrical, RF, and software engineering, designing primarily at the schematic and layout level.

Design of spacecraft bus and payload hardware (including single-board computers, FPGAs, SoCs, processors, sensors, SDRs, LNAs, filters, amplifiers, etc.) and software.

Design circuit board schematics, select circuit components, utilize development boards and/or breadboards to prove out circuit designs, develop circuit board layout, assemble circuit boards, test, and debug.

Develop firmware and test software for circuit boards.

Generate production-level tests for designed circuit boards.

Create and maintain technical documentation for spacecraft bus and payload design and development.

Participate in design reviews at all levels.

Perform and document failure analyses on problem areas and test results.

Assist mechanical engineers with the mechanical integration of designed components into the spacecraft bus and payload, including the thermal requirements of your designs.

Support spacecraft payload integration, testing, and delivery to launch and/or spacecraft bus partners/vendors.