Senior Spacecraft Electronics Engineer - Flight Hardware

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

The University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) seeks a senior electrical hardware engineer to design, analyze, build, and test electronics for space science missions. You will own hands-on circuit design from requirements through PCB implementation and system integration in a multidisciplinary team.

This role requires independent contribution with leadership of a small design group, attention to reliability, radiation considerations, and collaboration

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with 8+ years experience.
• Proven ownership of a complex electronic assembly from requirements to integration.
• Schematic capture and PCB design experience with Altium or Cadence.

Responsibilities

• Design analog, mixed-signal, power or high-speed digital electronics for spaceflight.
• Develop electrical requirements, budgets, and verification plans.
• Capture schematics and review PCBA data for fabrication and assembly.
• Bring up hardware and support environmental tests.
• Provide technical leadership within small project teams.

Skills

Circuit design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

LTspice

Ansys

MATLAB

Python

FPGA design

Radiation effects

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence OrCAD

KiCad

Job description

The University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) seeks a senior electrical hardware engineer to design, analyze, build, and test electronics for space science missions. You will own hands-on circuit design from requirements through PCB implementation and system integration in a multidisciplinary team.

This role requires independent contribution with leadership of a small design group, attention to reliability, radiation considerations, and collaboration