Senior Electrical Engineer, Spaceflight Systems Lead

Lunar Outpost Oceania; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

3 weeks vacation

401(k) match

11 holidays

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Lunar Outpost seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead end-to-end electrical hardware development for spaceflight and lunar systems. You’ll own schematic capture through layout, test, and integration, balancing power, digital, analog, and high‑speed interfaces while collaborating across disciplines.

You’ll design with spaceflight environments in mind, contribute to the MAPP rover program, and help advance autonomous lunar exploration in a fast‑paced startup setting.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience developing electrical hardware for aerospace, spaceflight, or other safety‑critical systems.
• Hands‑on experience designing electrical systems, including schematic design and signal integrity‑aware layout considerations.
• Good foundation in analog and digital circuit design, including power regulation, communications, sensing, and control.
• Experience designing with data interfaces such as SPI, I²C, UART, RS‑422, RS‑485, CAN, Ethernet, USB, and SpaceWire.
• Experience with board‑level power design, including DC/DC conversion, point‑of‑load regulation, power sequencing, and protection circuits.
• Hands‑on experience supporting board bring‑up, integration, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to independently work on hardware designs and make sound engineering tradeoffs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• U.S. Person.

Responsibilities

• Perform schematic capture, PCB layout, board bring‑up, and verification on development and spaceflight hardware.
• Design, simulate, and review mixed‑signal circuits integrating digital logic, analog interfaces, sensing, control, and on‑board power conversion.
• Design board‑level power circuitry, including DC/DC converters, point‑of‑load regulation, power distribution, sequencing, and protection.
• Support high‑speed electrical designs (e.g., LVDS, Ethernet, SpaceWire, PCIe, or equivalent interfaces) with attention to signal integrity.
• Support cable harness design and documentation.
• Collaborate closely with mechanical, thermal, software, harnessing, and systems engineering to ensure robust hardware integration.
• Support component selection (processors, FPGAs, memories, connectors, converters) with consideration for spaceflight environments.
• Support and maintain a high quality ECAD component library.
• Participate in test campaigns including functional, environmental, EMI/EMC, and system level testing.

Skills

Electrical hardware design

Signal integrity

Power electronics

Embedded interfaces

Schematic design

PCB layout

Troubleshooting

Communication protocols

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Lunar Outpost seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead end-to-end electrical hardware development for spaceflight and lunar systems. You’ll own schematic capture through layout, test, and integration, balancing power, digital, analog, and high‑speed interfaces while collaborating across disciplines.

You’ll design with spaceflight environments in mind, contribute to the MAPP rover program, and help advance autonomous lunar exploration in a fast‑paced startup setting.