Electrical Engineer, Digital Design

The Role

You will be responsible for leading the design and development of high speed mixed signal electronics to be hosted on some of the largest, most powerful, rapidly designed and rapidly manufactured satellites ever deployed in space. In your first 6 months, you will own the core compute electronics for K2’s Mega Class satellite. In your first two years, you will have flown your electronics in space and developed cutting-edge high speed digital electronics systems.

Responsibilities

Design electronics PCBAs for spacecraft including architecture, component selection, circuit board design, board bring up and debugging

Qualify your designs through environmental testing including vibration, shock, thermal, and thermal vacuum testing

Work with internal and external stakeholders to integrate your designs into the spacecraft systems and operate your hardware in flight

Develop test equipment, development PCBAs, and test scripts to assist with all of the above

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field

Experience designing PCBAs using MII, multi-GHz SerDes (JESD204), DRAM (DDR4), and/or Ethernet

Nice to Have

Experience designing multi-layer PCBAs in Altium for high-speed digital applications

Experience with digital processors, FPGAs, memory chips, or network switches

Experience with computers and programming languages (Python, Rust, C/C++)

Experience with component selection for use in radiation environments

Experience with environmental testing for space electronics such as thermal testing, vibration testing, TVAC testing, shock testing, radiation testing, and EMI/EMC testing

Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role on fast-paced projects

Compensation and Benefits:

Base salary range for this role is $105,000 - $200,000 + equity in the company

Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level

Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks