Flight-Ready Spacecraft PCB Designer (Top Secret)

Darwin Recruitment; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully paid medical, dental and vision

401k matching

Flexible vacation, sick days and major

Relocation support

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment is seeking a Spacecraft PCB Design Engineer in Los Angeles to own the electrical design from schematic to flight unit. You will design boards, build them, debug them and drive integration and test with power and compute teams.

The role requires a degree in EE or aerospace and 5+ years of hands-on aerospace hardware test, with PCB tool proficiency (Altium/KiCad/Eagle) and lab measurement skills. US DoD TS clearance is a must where applicable.

Qualifications

• A degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering or similar.
• 5+ years of core electrical engineering in aerospace with hands-on hardware test.
• Experience with PCB design tools and lab measurement equipment.

Responsibilities

• Design, integrate and test spacecraft electrical PCBs.
• Develop avionics subsystems and flatsat emulators focusing on reliability.
• Write and run board bring-up and electrical integration procedures.
• Document designs, test results and system performance.
• Guide grounding practices for spacecraft flight and test.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Hands-on testing

Schematic design

System integration

Education

Bachelors in EE or aerospace

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Eagle

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

Darwin Recruitment is seeking a Spacecraft PCB Design Engineer in Los Angeles to own the electrical design from schematic to flight unit. You will design boards, build them, debug them and drive integration and test with power and compute teams.

The role requires a degree in EE or aerospace and 5+ years of hands-on aerospace hardware test, with PCB tool proficiency (Altium/KiCad/Eagle) and lab measurement skills. US DoD TS clearance is a must where applicable.