Digital & Mixed-Signal Hardware Engineering Lead

Airbus Ventures; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

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CesiumAstro in Austin, TX is seeking an Engineering Manager, Digital & Mixed-Signal Hardware to lead fast-moving digital electronics teams across multiple product lines. You will own the technical direction for high-speed digital and mixed-signal boards, oversee architecture reviews, and drive design-for-manufacturability in aerospace-grade systems.

The role blends hands-on technical work with people management, requiring strong mentor skills, collaboration across RF, power, firmware, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering required.
• Minimum of 7 years of direct digital or mixed-signal hardware engineering experience, preferably in aerospace environments.
• Demonstrated deep expertise in high-speed digital and mixed-signal board design.
• Software-defined radio experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of signal integrity and timing.
• Experience supporting design for manufacturability and design for test, and transition from development to production.
• Proven ability to conduct rigorous technical reviews, mentor engineers, and communicate across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Maintain technical integrity and engineering excellence for high-speed digital and mixed-signal electronics development across the company.
• Establish, mature, scale, and enforce engineer-friendly digital hardware development processes and standards.
• Lead architecture and design reviews with SME engagement across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Contribute to board-level digital/mixed-signal designs as needed, especially in high-risk programs.
• Lead or support complex debug efforts involving high-speed interfaces and large FPGA implementations.
• Ensure designs are buildable and testable at scale using DFM and DFT best practices.
• Drive handoff from engineering to manufacturing with manufacturing, supply chain, and test teams.
• Ensure designs meet quality, reliability, and scalability requirements for aerospace/defense production.

Skills

High-speed digital design

Mixed-signal design

Signal integrity

Mentoring engineers

Technical reviews

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

Xilinx Vivado

Ansys SiWave

ADS SiPro

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Job description

CesiumAstro in Austin, TX is seeking an Engineering Manager, Digital & Mixed-Signal Hardware to lead fast-moving digital electronics teams across multiple product lines. You will own the technical direction for high-speed digital and mixed-signal boards, oversee architecture reviews, and drive design-for-manufacturability in aerospace-grade systems.

The role blends hands-on technical work with people management, requiring strong mentor skills, collaboration across RF, power, firmware, and