Spacecraft Electronics Engineer: High-Speed HW & FPGA Design

Spire; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Spire Global is seeking a Spacecraft Electronics Engineer to design and integrate custom components for our satellite platform. You will work on PCBAs, select components, and interface with software and mechanical teams throughout the product lifecycle.

The role involves design, testing, and qualification across concepts to production. You’ll contribute to FPGA-based designs, high-speed digital layouts, SI/PI analysis, and lab validation, while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a

Qualifications

• Experience in designing spacecraft electronics with analogue and digital circuitry.
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Responsibilities

• Electrical design of spacecraft electronics including requirement gathering, architecture and detailed design.
• Component selection and circuit design and simulation.
• Schematic capture and PCB Layout using Altium Designer.
• Power supply and power monitoring circuit design.
• Design verification through circuit simulations and SI/PI analysis.
• Peer review of schematics and layouts.
• Board bring-up, validation and debugging.
• Assistance with validation and qualification for testing systems.

Skills

Electronics theory

High-speed design

PCB layout

Schematic capture

Power electronics

FPGA design

Digital interfaces

DSP programming

Signal integrity

Tools

Altium Designer

HyperLynx

Oscilloscopes

VNA

Job description

Spire Global is seeking a Spacecraft Electronics Engineer to design and integrate custom components for our satellite platform. You will work on PCBAs, select components, and interface with software and mechanical teams throughout the product lifecycle.

The role involves design, testing, and qualification across concepts to production. You’ll contribute to FPGA-based designs, high-speed digital layouts, SI/PI analysis, and lab validation, while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a