Senior Electrical Engineer – Space Hardware, Stock Options

CesiumAstro; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health, dental, vision

Retirement plans

Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead full‑stack hardware development for high‑reliability space electronics. You will drive architecture, schematic, layout, bring‑up, and verification across complex RF modules, collaborating with software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams.

The role emphasizes rigorous design, hands‑on build/test, and direct customer communication. This startup‑style environment rewards initiative, collaboration, and clear written and spoken

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 5 years of industry or university research experience in board-level electronics design, analysis, and test.
• Direct experience designing high-reliability electronics for space or defense applications, including derating, worst-case analysis, and thermal constraints.
• Experience owning design phases of circuits or boards, including trade studies and part selection.
• Experience delivering subcircuit or board designs to production and deployment.
• Experience performing complex PCB layout, such as high-density interconnect (HDI) and high-speed digital or power electronics.
• Experience running board-level SI/PI simulations with tools like Ansys SIwave, ADS SIPro, or Mentor Hyperlynx.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design of electronics modules from concept to production.
• Own the digital and mixed-signal portions of complex RF electronics (e.g., phased array control).
• Design circuits with FPGAs, processors, microcontrollers, and other targets.
• Develop bring-up plans and design verification plans for new modules.
• Perform bring-up and verification testing with technicians.
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with software and mechanical teams.

Skills

Altium

HDI PCB

Power integrity

Signal integrity

Board-level design

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Ansys SIwave

ADS SIPro

Mentor Hyperlynx

Job description

CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead full‑stack hardware development for high‑reliability space electronics. You will drive architecture, schematic, layout, bring‑up, and verification across complex RF modules, collaborating with software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams.

The role emphasizes rigorous design, hands‑on build/test, and direct customer communication. This startup‑style environment rewards initiative, collaboration, and clear written and spoken