Principal EMI/EMC Engineer – Spacecraft Systems

Menlo Ventures; Laguna Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

PTO

401K

Parental Leave

Job summary

True Anomaly is hiring an Electrical Engineer (Staff or Principal) focused on EMI/EMC for spacecraft. You will define grounding, bonding, shielding, and filtering architectures, leading pre‑compliance and qualification efforts to ensure robust electromagnetic compatibility from unit to vehicle level.

You will work across avionics, power, RF, and harness teams, mentor engineers, and help grow the EMC standards and practices within the organization while supporting hardware through production and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of EMI/EMC engineering experience with ownership at unit and system level.
• Experience with EMI/EMC qualification to MIL-STD-461 and GSFC-7000 (GEVS) or equivalent standards.

Responsibilities

• Own EMI/EMC technical direction across the spacecraft, setting unit- and system-level requirements.
• Define grounding, bonding, isolation, shielding, and filtering architecture at both box and vehicle level.
• Lead EMI/EMC qualification and verification campaigns to MIL-STD-461 and GSFC-7000 (GEVS).
• Perform pre-compliance analysis and design reviews to identify emissions and susceptibility risks.
• Diagnose and resolve EMI/EMC problems during bring‑up, integration, and test.
• Develop and review filter designs, shielding analyses, and PCB/box‑level mitigation guidance.
• Build and mature the company’s EMI/EMC test capability and procedures.
• Partner with multiple teams to ensure EMC is designed in, not tested in.

Skills

EMI/EMC engineering

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

CST

HFSS

FEKO

Job description

True Anomaly is hiring an Electrical Engineer (Staff or Principal) focused on EMI/EMC for spacecraft. You will define grounding, bonding, shielding, and filtering architectures, leading pre‑compliance and qualification efforts to ensure robust electromagnetic compatibility from unit to vehicle level.

You will work across avionics, power, RF, and harness teams, mentor engineers, and help grow the EMC standards and practices within the organization while supporting hardware through production and