Digital Module Engineer

Protingent; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Protingent is seeking a Senior Digital Electronics Engineer to design and qualify flight-grade digital modules for space applications. You will lead design from concept through bring-up, validation, and release, working under the Digital Module Lead Engineer.

The role emphasizes FPGA, microprocessor, memory, high-speed interfaces, SI/PI, and radiation-tolerant practices, with hands-on lab work and cross-team reviews. Denver area preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years designing digital electronics for space or high-reliability systems.
• Experience delivering flight-qualified hardware for various orbits.
• Strong experience in designing digital modules hosting FPGAs, microprocessors, memory components, high-speed interfaces, and space interfaces.
• Extensive knowledge of circuit design and signal/power integrity is expected.
• Proficiency with tools such as Altium, CST, SIWave.
• Hands-on lab experience (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, bring-up/debug).

Responsibilities

• Design digital modules through all development stages: definition, implementation, bring-up, qualification and final release.
• Design planning, component selection, schematic design, layout guidance, analysis, integration, test, verification and release.
• Design with FPGAs, microprocessors, memory components, high-speed interfaces and space interfaces.
• Create bring-up plans, execute verification testing, and hardware validation until production release.
• Present technical materials for internal and customer design reviews.
• Participate in detailed reviews of other engineer’s designs and help manage the schematic/layout tool flow.

Skills

Digital electronics design

Space / high-reliability experience

FPGA design

Microprocessor design

High-speed digital interfaces

Space-grade interfaces

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium

CST

SIWave

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

• Responsibilities:Work under the direction of the Digital Module Lead Engineer to design digital modules through all development stages: from definition to implementation, bring-up, qualification and final release.
• Design planning, component selection, schematic design, layout guidance, analysis (including SI/PI and worst case analysis), integration, test/verification, and release.
• Design with FPGAs, microprocessors, various memory components, high?speed digital interfaces, and space application standard control interfaces.
• Create bring?up plans, execute verification testing, and run hands?on hardware validation/debugging until the platform is efficiently implemented on the production floor.
• Present technical materials for internal and customer design reviews.
• Participate in detailed reviews of other engineer’s designs and help manage the schematic/layout tool flow.

Must have skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years designing digital electronics for space or high?reliability systems.
• Experience delivering flight?qualified hardware for various orbits.
• Strong experience in designing digital modules hosting FPGAs, microprocessors, various memory components, high?speed digital interfaces, and space application standard control interfaces.
• Extensive knowledge of circuit design and signal/power integrity is expected.
• Proficiency with tools such as Altium, CST, SIWave.
• Hands?on lab experience (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, bring?up/debug).
• Ability to work effectively under pressure (alone and as a team) to meet tight deadlines.
• Highly motivated and well organized with a will-do attitude and excellent communication/team skills.

Nice to Have

• Radiation?tolerant design experience (including fault tolerance, redundancy, high-reliability design practices and parts selection).
• Familiarity with NASA, MIL?STD, ECSS, IPC standards.
• Understanding of software, power electronics, or mechanical interfaces.
• Experience with environmental, thermal, or vibration testing.