Senior Space Hardware Engineer II — Lead High‑Reliability Electronics

Roman Health Pharmacy LLC; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer II to own end-to-end design of complex electronics for high-reliability space and aerospace systems. You will lead hardware teams, develop architectures, and drive detailed schematic and PCB work in Altium, with rigorous verification and bring-up activities across multiple modules.

The role involves collaborating with software and mechanical teams, presenting design reviews to customers and executives, and delivering robust hardware solutions in

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or higher from an accredited university.
• Minimum 6 years of industry or university research experience in board-level electronics design, analysis, and test.
• Direct experience designing high-reliability electronics and small systems for space/defense applications.
• Experience owning the design phase of complex board-level electronics and small hardware systems.
• Multiple experiences delivering hardware products through production and deployment.
• Expertise in PCB layout and HDI stackup design, IPC standards, and best practices.
• Expertise in derisking designs with signal integrity and power integrity tools (e.g., SIwave, ADS SIPro, HyperLynx).
• Strong understanding of adjacent fields (software, mechanical) aiding hardware design.
• Expert-level proficiency in Altium.
• Extensive lab experience for bring-up and verification.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design of complex electronics modules and systems from concept to production.
• Lead teams of hardware engineers to develop new products with multiple modules.
• Provide SME support for hardware development across the company.
• Develop hardware architecture and write hardware requirements for complex systems.
• Perform detailed schematic design for complex boards.
• Perform detailed PCB layout in Altium Designer.
• Conduct worst-case, SI, and PI analyses; guide methodology.
• Develop bring-up and verification plans for new hardware and systems.
• Perform bring-up and key verification testing with a team.
• Release modules to production with Manufacturing and Test Engineering.
• Mentor junior and senior engineers for technical growth.
• Collaborate with adjacent fields to streamline hardware development.

Skills

End-to-end design

Team leadership

Hardware architecture

Schematic design

PCB layout

Power integrity analysis

Signal integrity analysis

Bring-up testing

Manufacturing transfer

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Ansys SIwave

ADS SIPro

Mentor HyperLynx

Job description

CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer II to own end-to-end design of complex electronics for high-reliability space and aerospace systems. You will lead hardware teams, develop architectures, and drive detailed schematic and PCB work in Altium, with rigorous verification and bring-up activities across multiple modules.

The role involves collaborating with software and mechanical teams, presenting design reviews to customers and executives, and delivering robust hardware solutions in