Spacecraft Electrical Engineer: Avionics & Power Systems

Spaceium; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Spaceium, Ottawa, is seeking an Electrical Engineer to own the design, test, and integration of electrical and electronic systems powering spacecraft. You will work from schematic and PCB through harnessing, bring-up, and mission integration in high-stakes environments.

The role involves designing avionics, wiring harnesses, performing environmental tests, and collaborating with mechanical and software teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Solid foundation in circuit design, analysis, and electronics.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (Altium, KiCad, or similar).
• Comfort with lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, DMMs).
• Exposure to at least one programming language (Python, C, or C++).

Responsibilities

• Design spacecraft avionics: schematic capture and PCB layout for power, control, and signal boards.
• Design and build wiring harnesses and manage electrical integration across subsystems.
• Bring up, test, and debug electronic boards and subsystems.
• Develop and run electrical tests — power, signal integrity, functional, and environmental.
• Design power systems (batteries, power distribution, regulation) and support EPS architecture.
• Own documentation: schematics, ICDs, test procedures, and reports for design reviews.
• Set up lab instrumentation and test equipment, and support hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Collaborate closely with mechanical, embedded software, and systems engineers.
• Support spacecraft integration, environmental testing, and anomaly resolution.

Skills

Circuit design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Programming (Python)

Programming (C/C++)

Lab instrumentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Power supplies

DMMs

RS422

I2C

SPI

CAN

Ethernet

Job description

Spaceium, Ottawa, is seeking an Electrical Engineer to own the design, test, and integration of electrical and electronic systems powering spacecraft. You will work from schematic and PCB through harnessing, bring-up, and mission integration in high-stakes environments.

The role involves designing avionics, wiring harnesses, performing environmental tests, and collaborating with mechanical and software teams.