Principal Staff Engineer

Roman Health Pharmacy LLC; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking an experienced engineering leader to drive enterprise hardware development across satellite, space, and airborne platforms. You will partner with engineering leadership to define architectures, roadmaps, and best practices, while mentoring teams to push for reliability and innovation.

A hands-on, cross-functional, and autonomous work environment awaits. You will guide design and manufacturing interfaces, champion advanced engineering practices, and ensure rigorous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in electrical/electronics/related engineering field.
• 15–19 years of related experience for Bachelor's degree path or 12–17 years for Master's path.
• Expert understanding of signal integrity, EMI/EMC, hardware integration, and testing.
• Proven ability to evaluate design performance and guide executive leadership on strategy.
• Proficient with EDA tools (Altium, OrCAD, LTspice) and engineering analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering leadership to improve execution and quality of engineering processes.
• Define hardware strategies, architectures, design methodologies, and roadmaps.
• Foster rapid and agile prototype development with cross-functional teams.
• Mentor senior engineers and strengthen technical capability across programs.
• Approve design methodologies, verification approaches, and engineering recommendations for major programs.
• Provide post-production/in-orbit customer support and technical governance across the organization.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Communication skills

System design

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

OrCAD

LTspice

MATLAB

Windchill

Git

Jira

Job description

Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working with Engineering Leadership to continently improve company-wide execution and quality of engineering execution along with engineering processes
• Define enterprise engineering strategies, architectures, design methodologies, and technology roadmaps supporting current and future products
• Foster an environment that allows for rapid and agile prototype development.
• Motivate team members engagement and facilitate interdisciplinary communications.
• Guide and mentor development teams in the detailed design of systems, subsystems, subassemblies, critical parts, and FW/SW.
• Establish organizational standards for design practices.
• Remove friction between the functional organizations.
• Shape the organization's most critical engineering initiatives, providing technical leadership and resolving the most complex engineering challenges across multiple programs. You will be expected to work directly with our design and manufacturing engineers to identify and resolve friction points.
• Evaluate performance, simulation results, qualification testing, and system interactions, defining improvements that strengthen product reliability and mission success.
• Approve organizational electrical design methodologies, verification approaches, and engineering recommendations supporting major development programs.
• Serve as the principal advisor for engineering, guiding engineering, manufacturing, integration and test, quality, program teams, and executive leadership on technical decisions.
• Advance engineering practices across the organization by mentoring senior engineers and strengthening technical capability.
• Define enterprise engineering standards, design methodologies, engineering processes, and technical governance across the organization and technology roadmaps .
• Champion adoption of advanced engineering practices, design technologies, verification processes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead transformational initiatives that enhance engineering performance, engineering efficiency, product reliability, manufacturability, innovation, and long-term technical capability.
• Provide post-production/in-orbit customer support.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree with 15–19 years of related experience, or Master's degree with 12–17 years of related experience in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer engineering, or a related engineering field.
• Organizational expertise in engineering design and fabrication principles.
• Extensive experience defining enterprise level hardware development and fabrication strategies.
• Expert understanding of signal integrity, EMI/EMC, hardware integration, qualification testing, system interfaces, multidisciplinary integration, and emerging engineering technologies.
• Proven ability to evaluate enterprise design performance, engineering risks, and technical methodologies while defining improvements that strengthen long-term product capability.
• Exercises sound judgment when defining enterprise engineering direction, resolving the organization's most complex technical challenges, and advising executive leadership on strategic engineering decisions.
• Proficency in electronic design automation (EDA), circuit simulation, and analysis tools, e.g. Altium Designer, OrCAD, LTspice, MATLAB, or equivalent applications.
• Strong expeirence in engineering analysis, configuration management, and collaboration tools, e.g. Windchill, Git, Jira, or equivalent applications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills. Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

CesiumAstro is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Please note: CesiumAstro does not accept unsolicited resumes from contract agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to our website or to CesiumAstro team members will be considered property of CesiumAstro, and we will not be obligated to pay any referral fees.