Electrical Design Engineer - Digital

Intuitive Machines; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Lanteris Space Systems in San Jose, CA is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer, Digital to join our Bus Electronics Design team, focusing on avionics hardware development. This hands-on, on-site role covers concept through schematic capture, PCB layout, integration, and flight qualification of spaceborne electronics.

You will lead hardware design decisions, collaborate with mechanical, thermal, software, and test teams, and perform benchtop and environmental validation.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in electrical design for avionics or space hardware.
• Proficiency in digital electronics design, testing, and on-board computing.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical design of avionics hardware from concept to schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Own hardware through production, integration, and on-orbit performance.
• Design, analyze, and test digital electronics hardware for spacecraft applications with prototyping and bring-up.

Skills

Digital electronics

FPGA interfaces

PCB layout

Schematic capture

Space hardware

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Job description

Please review the job details below.

Lanteris Space Systems is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer, Digital to join our Bus Electronics Design team, with a focus on avionics hardware development. This is a hands‑on, on‑site position located in San Jose, CA.

The Bus Electronics team is responsible for the design, verification, and manufacturing support for the electronics that enable our reputable, reliable, high‑powered spacecraft. Our spacecraft span pLEO to deep space, enabling national defense, earth observation & communications, and interplanetary space exploration such as NASA’s Psyche Discovery Program and SR‑1 Freedom mission to Mars.

In this role, you will lead the electrical design of next‑gen compute for our avionics systems, including onboard computing and data handling, memory blocks, high speed communications, FPGA interfaces and integration, etc. This is an exciting opportunity to be the owner from concept through schematic capture and PCB layout, engineering test and qualification, production and flight of avionics hardware for space applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and make recommendations to system trades, requirements capture, and design choices and implications, in an often ambiguous design space.
• Proactive ownership of hardware through design, production, satellite integration, and on‑orbit performance.
• Design, analyze, and test digital electronics hardware for use in spacecraft applications. Hands‑on prototyping and bring up of designs.
• Documentation of engineering test and qualification plans, execute hardware validation through benchtop and environmental testing, troubleshooting and root cause investigations of anomalous circuit behavior.
• Collaborate with entire cross‑functional team (mechanical, thermal, software/firmware, test engineering, supply chain, etc.) to drive project success.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, mathematics, computer science or a related field, with 8 years of experience minimum
• Proficiency in the design, simulation, analysis, and test of digital electronics circuits and on-board computing.
• Proficiency in schematics and circuit board layout considerations for digital and mixed signal electronics, including high speed communications.
• Experience with analysis methods such as circuit stress, derating, and worst‑case analysis.

Additional Desired Qualifications

• 15 years of relevant experience, including experience leading electrical engineering designs through the full lifecycle.
• Experience with Radiation Hardened (Rad Hard) designs; single event effects (SEE) and mitigation analysis / methods for use of COTs components in space.
• Design considerations for reliability, redundancy, FMECA, and radiation effects in a space environment.
• Familiarity with OpenVPX and SpaceVPX standards.
• Self‑motivated, attention to detail, with proactive problem‑solving and communication skills, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Knowledge of Design for excellence (DFX).
• The base pay for this position at the lead level (based on years of experience) within California is: $123,000.00 - $205,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position at the principal level (based on years of experience) within California is: $151,000.00 - $251,000.00 annually.

In support of pay transparency at Lanteris Space Systems, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job‑related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

• The base pay for this position within California is: $123,000.00 - $205,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market‑driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. More information on our benefits will be shared with candidates as they move forward in the recruitment process.

Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on the Lanteris Space Systems Career page at the top of each job posting.

Lanteris Space Systems values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.