Electrical Engineer

Qualifications:

Bachelors Engineering: Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace

8 years Space/Satellite avionics is a must (concept through verification)

Altium, eCAD, Nice to have mCAD : Experience designing boards from scratch or updating heritage designs

Familiarity with FPGA hardware implementation for flight applications

Communication standards, such as RS-422/485, MIL-STD-1553, SpaceWire/Ethernet, CAN, SPI, I2C

Hands-on hardware development:

Electrical circuit design (analog and digital)

Electrical schematics and PCB layout

Component selection (including for harsh environments)

Testing, troubleshooting, and resolving failure modes

Understanding of unit, subsystem, and system-level performance

Spaceflight experience or demonstrable knowledge of:

Space environments (LEO, MEO, GEO)

Semiconductor and space physics

COTS component qualification

Triple-E part selection

Full design ownership: Must be able to walk through the full board-level design process from concept to build.

Experience with contract manufacturers: e.g., Naprotech, Sanmina

Familiarity with FPGA hardware implementation for flight applications

Responsibilities:

Owner from concept to verification, production and operation of avionics hardware for space applications.

Provide technical leadership and provide guidance to other engineers to complete the overall design of the avionics boxes

Develop electrical schematics, PCB board layouts, specifications

Execute test activities in the laboratory

Provide technical leadership and provide guidance to other engineers to complete the overall design of the avionics boxes

Work with hardware in the laboratory to verify it is configured and communicates properly with other avionics

Troubleshoot problems on the real spacecraft

Collaborate closely with electrical, mechanical, test and system engineers