Flight-Grade Spacecraft PCB Design Engineer

Darwin Recruitment; California; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401k matching

Flexible vacation

Sick leave

Holiday pay

Relocation support

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment is seeking a Spacecraft PCB Design Engineer for a Los Angeles-based role in the aerospace sector. In this in-office, full-time position, you will own PCB design from schematic to flight unit, collaborating with power and compute teams on avionics subsystems.

You will lead board bring-up, debugging, and integration testing, ensuring compliance with industry standards and security requirements. A strong hands-on background and willingness to obtain clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering or similar
• 5+ years of core electrical engineering in aerospace with hands-on spacecraft hardware test/assembly
• PCB debugging with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and rework tools
• Clean room and ESD experience
• Willingness to obtain US DoD Top Secret clearance

Responsibilities

• Design, integrate and test spacecraft electrical PCBs
• Develop avionics subsystems and flatsat emulators with a focus on reliability and testability
• Write and run board bring-up and electrical integration procedures
• Help design, build and use electrical support equipment
• Integrate compute and power subsystems with other spacecraft subsystems
• Document designs, test results and system performance
• Guide other engineers on spacecraft flight and test grounding

Skills

Electrical engineering

Aerospace engineering

PCB debugging

ESD experience

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Aerospace engineering degree

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Eagle

Job description

Darwin Recruitment is seeking a Spacecraft PCB Design Engineer for a Los Angeles-based role in the aerospace sector. In this in-office, full-time position, you will own PCB design from schematic to flight unit, collaborating with power and compute teams on avionics subsystems.

You will lead board bring-up, debugging, and integration testing, ensuring compliance with industry standards and security requirements. A strong hands-on background and willingness to obtain clearance are required.