Senior Spacecraft Electronics Engineer

University of Colorado Boulder; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(a) retirement plan

Medical, dental, life insurance

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Transit benefits

Job summary

University of Colorado Boulder’s LASP seeks a senior electrical hardware engineer to design, analyze, build, and test electronics for space science missions. The role involves leading small teams, documenting hardware decisions, and owning circuits from schematic capture to PCB bring-up and integration.

You will collaborate across disciplines, mentor junior engineers, and ensure high-reliability spaceflight hardware meets mission requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field with extensive design ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design in at least one discipline area (analog, mixed-signal, power, embedded, high-speed digital) for spaceflight instruments.

Skills

Circuit design

Schematic analysis

PCB layout

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Technical leadership

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Doctorate (optional)

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence OrCAD

KiCad

LTspice

PSpice

Ansys

MATLAB

Python

Job description

University of Colorado Boulder’s LASP seeks a senior electrical hardware engineer to design, analyze, build, and test electronics for space science missions. The role involves leading small teams, documenting hardware decisions, and owning circuits from schematic capture to PCB bring-up and integration.

You will collaborate across disciplines, mentor junior engineers, and ensure high-reliability spaceflight hardware meets mission requirements.