Senior Space Electronics Engineer — Full-Stack HW & RF

Airbus Ventures; Melbourne (FL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

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Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead full-stack hardware development for high-reliability space and aerospace electronics. The role covers concept through production, including detailed design, analysis, layout, build, test, and delivery with hands-on work at every phase.

You will present design reviews to customers and executives, requiring excellent written and verbal communication skills, and collaborate across software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver

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 the design phase of circuits or boards, including trade studies, key part selection, and detailed design.
• Experience delivering subcircuit or board designs to production and deployment.
• Experience performing complex PCB layout, such as HDI and high-speed digital or power electronics.
• Experience running board-level signal integrity and/or power integrity simulation tools such as Ansys SIwave, ADS SIPro, or Mentor Hyperlynx.
• Working knowledge of adjacent fields, such as software and mechanical.
• Proficiency in electronics design tools such as Altium.
• Strong lab experience for bring-up and verification of new hardware.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design of electronics modules, from concept to production.
• Own digital and mixed-signal portions of complex RF electronics, such as phased array control circuitry.
• Design circuits with FPGAs, processors, microcontrollers, and other complex programmable targets.
• Design mixed-signal electronics from software-defined radios to telemetry subsystems.
• Perform detailed schematic design for complex boards and passives.
• Perform detailed PCB layout in Altium Designer, sometimes with a PCB Designer.
• Complete analyses such as worst-case, signal integrity, and power integrity.
• Develop bring-up plans and design verification plans for new electronics modules.
• Perform bring-up and verification testing of modules with technicians.
• Release modules to production with Manufacturing and Test Eng teams.
• Mentor junior engineers to build technical understanding and development.
• Use knowledge of adjacent fields to streamline development.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

5+ years of industry or university research experience in board-level electronics design

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 and aerospace electronics. The role covers concept through production, including detailed design, analysis, layout, build, test, and delivery with hands-on work at every phase.

You will present design reviews to customers and executives, requiring excellent written and verbal communication skills, and collaborate across software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver