Senior Space Hardware Design Engineer – Hybrid

MDA Space; East Hagbourne; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health care

Pension plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

MDA Space in the UK is seeking a STAFF (Lead) Hardware Design Engineer to push the frontier of space-grade hardware. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, drive FPGA/ASIC payload design, and oversee complex hardware development across the full product lifecycle.

Join a global space heritage, work within an international footprint, and contribute to high-reliability satellite systems, with a hybrid work model and a commitment to diversity and equal opportunity.

Qualifications

• 13–15+ years in hardware product design, Space or high-reliability sector.
• Experience leading large, multi-functional teams.
• Expertise in high-speed digital design and Serdes interconnects.
• Experience with complex circuits and multi-layer PCBs (10+ layers).
• Knowledge of LEO/GEO communications payloads.
• Experience with circuit and PCB design and simulation tools.
• Advantageous: high-reliability design/analysis, RF design, radiation effects, DC/DC power supply, environmental/EMI/EMC standards, scripting languages such as Tcl/Python/Perl.

Responsibilities

• Work in a multi-disciplinary team developing FPGA/ASIC based satellite payloads for various orbits.
• Manage complex hardware development and manufacturing activities.
• Oversee hardware product development lifecycle from specification to testing.
• Circuit design including schematic capture and simulation.
• Perform analyses (Derating, Worst Case, Reliability, Radiation, EMI/EMC).
• Support hardware/software/system integration, test, validation and qualification.
• Direct in-house and 3rd party PCB layout teams.
• Deliver prototype and product-quality manufacturing packages.
• Provide leadership within the team.

Skills

High speed digital design

Serdes interconnects

Multi-layer PCBs

Space/Aerospace domain

Tools

Circuit design tools

Scripting Tcl/Python/Perl

Job description

MDA Space in the UK is seeking a STAFF (Lead) Hardware Design Engineer to push the frontier of space-grade hardware. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, drive FPGA/ASIC payload design, and oversee complex hardware development across the full product lifecycle.

Join a global space heritage, work within an international footprint, and contribute to high-reliability satellite systems, with a hybrid work model and a commitment to diversity and equal opportunity.