Electrical Engineer

Ecliptic Enterprises; San Luis Obispo (CA); Presencial; USD 110 000 - 160 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental &amp

Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)

Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & PH

Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)

Disability

Resumo da oferta

Ecliptic Enterprises in San Luis Obispo is expanding its hardware team and seeks an Electrical Engineer to design, test, and deliver high-reliability space electronics. You will work closely with a small team and have direct access to decision makers.

Role spans from recent graduates to senior engineers, involving PCB design, bring-up, debugging, and collaboration with systems, FPGA, and software engineers to meet stringent aerospace requirements.

Qualificações

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or completion by start date.
• Schematic capture experience with an ECAD tool; Altium Designer preferred.
• Hands-on lab skills with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, and electronic loads.
• Ability to read, understand, and write specifications and test procedures.
• Good communicator (written and oral).

Responsabilidades

• Design circuit boards from requirements through schematic capture and PCB fabrication.
• Collaborate with PCB layout designers on placement, stackup, routing, and reviews.
• Develop drawings and documentation to support fabrication and assembly.
• Perform power budgets, worst-case analysis, derating, and signal integrity studies.
• Lead board bring-up, debugging, and test procedures in the lab.
• Support board integration and test at chassis and system level.
• Collaborate with system, hardware, FPGA, and software engineers on interfaces.
• Document design specs, present at reviews, and maintain engineering records.

Conhecimentos

Schematic capture

Reading specs

Communication

Lab skills

Board bring-up

Formação académica

BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Ferramentas

Altium Designer

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Position Overview:

Ecliptic is growing its hardware engineering team at our San Luis Obispo facility. As an Electrical Engineer you will design, develop, test, and deliver high reliability electronics for space applications, working on a small team with direct access to the hardware and the people making the decisions. We are hiring at every level, from recent graduates to senior engineers.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

Scope grows with level. Across the team the work includes:

• Design circuit boards from requirements through schematic capture, ensuring that all electrical and physical specifications meet the design requirements
• Work with PCB layout designers, internal and contracted, on placement, stackup, routing constraints, and design reviews
• Develop drawings and documentation to support PCB fabrication and assembly
• Perform and review analysis such as power budgets, worst case, derating, and signal and power integrity
• Select and source space grade and high reliability components
• Lead board bring-up, debug, and checkout in the lab, and write test procedures and reports
• Support integration and test of boards at the chassis and system level
• Collaborate with system, hardware, FPGA, and software engineers on interfaces, protocols, and system designs
• Document design specifications and implementation details, present at design reviews, and maintain configuration control of engineering records
• Report status, risks, and estimates to complete to project management
• Mentor and direct technicians and interns on test and lab work

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, ALL LEVELS:

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, or completion by the start date
• Schematic capture experience with an ECAD tool. Altium Designer preferred
• Hands-on lab skills with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, and electronic loads
• The ability to read, understand, and write specifications and test procedures
• Good communicator (written and oral)

ADDITIONAL MINIMUM FOR EE II AND SENIOR:

• At least one board design taken through fabrication, bring-up, and test
• Experience designing high speed digital boards, including FPGA based designs
• Working knowledge of PCB fabrication and assembly processes and the related aerospace industry standards
• Experience with version control and engineering change processes

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• Hands-on hardware project experience, such as a student satellite, rocketry, robotics, or senior project (EE I)
• Experience with AMD Xilinx FPGA based systems, including high speed serial transceivers
• Signal integrity simulation and measurement experience, for example HyperLynx, IBIS-AMI models, TDR, or eye diagram analysis
• Experience with VPX, SpaceVPX, or similar backplane based systems
• Experience with radiation tolerant component selection and derating
• Experience with space flight hardware through qualification and delivery
• Power electronics or point of load converter design experience

Important Information:

To conform to US Government space technology export regulations, applicants must be a US citizen, lawful permanent resident of the US, protected individual as defined by 8 USC 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorization from the US Department of State.

Benefits

Ecliptic provides a competitive benefits package.
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• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability