Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer | High-Impact Defense

Ursa Major; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 118,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Parental and adoptive leave

Medical, dental and vision insurance

HSA/FSA accounts

Disability and life insurance

401k with company match

Equity grants

Job summary

Ursa Major is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to design and develop high-reliability mixed-signal avionics hardware for defense systems. You will lead hardware across the full lifecycle, from requirements to production release, collaborating with FPGA, embedded software, systems, and manufacturing teams.

The role emphasizes designing processor- and FPGA-based boards, power and signal integrity, high-speed interfaces, and robust qualification testing in harsh environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience designing electronic hardware for aerospace/defense/high-reliability.
• Experience designing complex mixed-signal printed circuit boards.
• Strong understanding of analog and digital circuit design, signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, and PCB layout.

Responsibilities

• Design mixed-signal avionics hardware and guide products through full development lifecycle.
• Develop high-reliability electronic assemblies including processor- and FPGA-based cards.
• Support system architecture development, hardware trade studies, and performance analysis.
• Develop interfaces between electronic hardware, FPGA designs, embedded software, and automated test systems.
• Perform circuit analysis, derating, worst-case analysis, reliability assessments, and FMECA.
• Support schematic capture, PCB layout reviews, DFM/DFT, and production transition activities.
• Develop and execute hardware integration, verification, and environmental test plans.
• Investigate hardware failures and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with FPGA, software, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, and test teams.
• Support technical reviews, customer design reviews, and proposals.
• Contribute to engineering process improvements and standards.

Skills

Electronic hardware design

Mixed-signal PCB

Signal integrity

Power integrity

High-reliability hardware

EMI/EMC design

Security clearance

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree (desirable)

Tools

Altium Designer

KiCad

Cadence Allegro

Mentor Xpedition

Job description

Ursa Major is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to design and develop high-reliability mixed-signal avionics hardware for defense systems. You will lead hardware across the full lifecycle, from requirements to production release, collaborating with FPGA, embedded software, systems, and manufacturing teams.

The role emphasizes designing processor- and FPGA-based boards, power and signal integrity, high-speed interfaces, and robust qualification testing in harsh environments.