Flight-Ready Satellite Digital Design Engineer

Medium; Saratoga (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Health and wellness benefits

Paid holidays and time off

Job summary

E-Space is seeking experienced Digital Design Engineers to own the electrical design of digital avionics boards for a next-generation LEO satellite constellation. You will manage from concept through flight qualification, including high-speed interfaces and mixed-signal subsystems.

You will collaborate with FPGA, RF, power, thermal, and mechanical teams, perform power budgeting, and contribute to design reviews. This is a full-time, on-site role in Saratoga, CA.

Qualifications

• Own schematic design and component selection for digital avionics boards, from concept through flight qualification.
• Design high-speed SERDES interfaces (PCIe, JESD, gigabit links) with proper timing closure.
• Develop clocking architectures including PLL configuration, jitter management, and clock distribution networks.
• Perform power budgeting and system-level power allocation across board subsystems.
• Apply radiation-tolerant design techniques including SEU/SEE mitigation, TID considerations, and derating.
• Collaborate with FPGA engineers on support circuitry design, pinout planning, and power/layout requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own schematic design and component selection for digital avionics boards, from concept through flight qualification.
• Design high-speed SERDES interfaces (PCIe, JESD, gigabit links) and DDR4/DDR5 interfaces with proper timing closure.
• Develop clocking architectures including PLL configuration, jitter management, and clock distribution networks.
• Perform power budgeting and system-level power allocation across board subsystems.
• Apply radiation-tolerant design techniques including SEU/SEE mitigation, TID considerations, and derating.
• Collaborate with FPGA engineers on support circuitry design, pinout planning, and power/layout requirements.
• Drive board bring-up activities including configuration, interface verification, and structured debugging.
• Participate in design reviews and cross-functional integration with RF, power, thermal, and mechanical teams.

Skills

Schematic design

High-speed interfaces

DDR4/DDR5 memory interfaces

Clocking architectures

Power budgeting

Radiation-tolerant design

FPGA integration

Board bring-up

Design reviews

Tools

Altium Designer

HyperLynx SI/PI

Full-Wave

SPICE simulations

FPGA toolchains

Job description

E-Space is seeking experienced Digital Design Engineers to own the electrical design of digital avionics boards for a next-generation LEO satellite constellation. You will manage from concept through flight qualification, including high-speed interfaces and mixed-signal subsystems.

You will collaborate with FPGA, RF, power, thermal, and mechanical teams, perform power budgeting, and contribute to design reviews. This is a full-time, on-site role in Saratoga, CA.