Lead Electrical Engineer, Space Payload & RPU

Roman Health Pharmacy LLC; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA

FSA

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

CesiumAstro in Westminster, CO seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, integration, test, and flight qualification of advanced spaceborne payloads within the Reconfigurable Processing Unit product line. You will act as the Unit Lead across multidisciplinary teams to ensure timely technical execution from architecture to production transfer.

The role requires a 9+ year background in electronics hardware, leadership experience, and hands-on SDR expertise, with strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 9+ years of engineering experience in electronics hardware development.
• Hands-on experience with software-defined radios.
• Leadership experience mentoring or leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering practices, requirements flowdown, verification/validation, and configuration management.
• Excellent communication skills presenting complex technical information to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the RPU Unit Lead and primary technical contact throughout the development lifecycle.
• Lead end-to-end engineering for the box including architecture, design, prototyping, integration, test, and flight readiness.
• Coordinate and direct RF, digital, power, mechanical, thermal, software, and systems teams for delivery.
• Maintain schedule accountability for the box development.
• Develop and review payload control schemes, interfaces, and firmware/software integration.
• Manage flight qualification activities including environmental tests and margin assessment.
• Own transition to volume production including manufacturability and documentation.
• Generate and maintain box-level documentation and design reviews.
• Interface with spacecraft systems engineering, mission assurance, manufacturing, vendors, and test facilities.
• Drive root cause analysis, anomaly resolution, and risk mitigation.
• Communicate status and design decisions to leadership and customers.

Skills

Leadership

Systems engineering

Software-defined radios

Electronics hardware

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

CesiumAstro in Westminster, CO seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, integration, test, and flight qualification of advanced spaceborne payloads within the Reconfigurable Processing Unit product line. You will act as the Unit Lead across multidisciplinary teams to ensure timely technical execution from architecture to production transfer.

The role requires a 9+ year background in electronics hardware, leadership experience, and hands-on SDR expertise, with strong