Electrical Engineer

EVONA; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Founding-level role

Job summary

EVONA is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to own the electrical architecture and hardware development for space drones, from a blank sheet through flight. This founding-level role requires hands-on hardware work, heavy architecture decisions and rapid iteration across the spacecraft lifecycle.

You will define the vehicle electrics, select components, integrate power and avionics, and drive hardware readiness for flight. Equity and leadership influence are offered.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in developing electrical systems or avionics for spacecraft.
• Track record of full lifecycle hardware development from requirements to flight.
• Strong hands-on capability to design, build, debug and test hardware.
• Experience integrating electrical hardware within complex aerospace systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical development of space drones across the full lifecycle.
• Define the vehicle electrical architecture from scratch, including interfaces and power integration.
• Lead hardware through architecture, design, prototyping, build, test and qualification.
• Select and qualify COTS hardware balancing performance, reliability, cost and speed.
• Work hands-on with hardware, including building, debugging and testing systems.
• Own electrical integration across the vehicle with flight software, GNC and mechanics.

Skills

Electrical systems design

Mission-critical avionics

Hands-on hardware

Full lifecycle development

Job description

Boulder, CO

Our client are a new exciting Space startup looking for a Lead Electrical Engineer to take ownership of the electrical architecture and hardware development of our space drones from the ground up. This is a full lifecycle role. You won’t inherit a mature spacecraft electrical system or own one small piece of a larger program. You’ll take hardware from a blank sheet through architecture, design, build, integration, qualification and ultimately flight.

Founding Electrical Engineer

Our client are a new exciting Space startup looking for a Lead Electrical Engineer to take ownership of the electrical architecture and hardware development of our space drones from the ground up. This is a full lifecycle role. You won’t inherit a mature spacecraft electrical system or own one small piece of a larger program. You’ll take hardware from a blank sheet through architecture, design, build, integration, qualification and ultimately flight.

What You’ll Own

• Own the electrical development of their space drones across the full spacecraft lifecycle
• Define the vehicle electrical architecture from the ground up, including component selection, interfaces, power and avionics integration
• Take electrical hardware from initial requirements and architecture through detailed design, prototyping, build, test, qualification and flight
• Select and qualify COTS hardware, balancing performance, reliability, cost and speed of development
• Work hands-on with hardware, including building, debugging and troubleshooting electrical systems
• Own electrical integration across the vehicle, working closely with flight software, GNC, autonomy and mechanical engineering
• Develop and execute electrical test and validation strategies for both individual hardware and the integrated vehicle
• Help build a comprehensive but lean engineering development unit (EDU) that allows the team to rapidly integrate, test and iterate on spacecraft hardware
• Drive hardware readiness and own electrical go/no-go decisions for integration and deployment

Why Join?

• Real ownership. You’ll own the electrical system across its entire lifecycle, from the first architecture decisions through to hardware operating in orbit. This is not a narrow subsystem role.
• A founding-level role. You’ll be a core technical leader in the business, with meaningful equity and involvement in the decisions that shape both the vehicle and the company.
• Build, test, learn, repeat. Our client is designing around high flight volume and rapid iteration. The goal is to build approximately 100 vehicles per year, creating far more opportunities to test hardware, learn from it and improve the next vehicle than a traditional multi-year spacecraft development cycle.
• Build something that flies. If you’ve taken spacecraft electronics from requirements through design, integration, qualification and flight, and want to do it again with significantly more ownership, this role gives you that opportunity.

Requirements

• Significant experience developing electrical systems or avionics for spacecraft
• Demonstrated full lifecycle hardware development experience, from initial requirements and architecture through design, build, integration, test and qualification
• Strong hands-on electrical engineering background, with the ability to design, build, debug and test hardware rather than solely managing its development
• Experience integrating electrical hardware within a multidisciplinary spacecraft or similarly complex aerospace system
• Comfortable selecting components and defining architectures from the ground up
• Comfortable operating in an early-stage environment where you’ll own your discipline while contributing across the wider vehicle and company

If you’ve owned spacecraft electrical hardware across the full development lifecycle and want the responsibility of taking a vehicle from a blank sheet of paper through build, qualification and ultimately into orbit, we’d like to hear from you.