Electrical Engineer: Space Hardware + Stock Options

Space Capital; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Space Capital in Culver City, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design, lay out, and bring up electronics for optical components and spaceflight payloads from schematic to validated hardware.

You will collaborate with optical engineers to translate subsystem needs into electrical interfaces, perform bench-level debugging, and characterize boards for radiation tolerance and high‑reliability space environments.

Qualifications

• Requires a degree in electrical engineering with professional experience in board-level design, PCB layout, and hands-on hardware debugging.
• Proficiency with EDA tools and a strong foundation in analog and mixed-signal circuits are essential.

Responsibilities

• Design, layout, and bring up electronics for optical components and spaceflight payloads from schematic to validated hardware.
• Collaborate with optical engineers to translate subsystem needs into electrical interfaces and perform bench-level debugging and characterization.
• Proficiency with EDA tools and a strong foundation in analog and mixed-signal circuits.

Skills

Board-Level Design

PCB Layout

Schematic Capture

Analog Circuit Design

Mixed-Signal Design

High-Speed Signal Integrity

FPGA Development

Space-Qualified Hardware

Radiation Tolerance

Python

MATLAB

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

KiCad

Cadence

Oscilloscopes

Logic Analyzers

Job description

Space Capital in Culver City, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design, lay out, and bring up electronics for optical components and spaceflight payloads from schematic to validated hardware.

You will collaborate with optical engineers to translate subsystem needs into electrical interfaces, perform bench-level debugging, and characterize boards for radiation tolerance and high‑reliability space environments.