Senior Spacecraft Electronics Engineer (Radar & Satellites)

Array Labs; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Array Labs seeks a Principal Electrical Design Engineer to design and validate digital and mixed-signal electronics for radar payloads and satellite platforms, including high-speed interfaces and timing distribution. You will lead hardware from design through bring-up and qualification, collaborating with RF, antenna, mechanical, and systems engineers to improve power, stability and on-orbit reliability.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, rapid iteration, and mentorship of early-career

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field with 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in electronics design, bring-up, and test.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
• Learns new concepts rapidly, completely, and in a self-directed manner.
• High levels of self-motivation and personal accountability.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment under significant time constraints.

Responsibilities

• Develop advanced electronic platforms, from architecture to manufacturing.
• Collaborate with software, firmware, RF, antenna, digital, and mechanical design engineers to design and validate spacecraft electronics.
• Create requirements, perform system trades, select components, capture schematics, design complex electronic assemblies and manage manufacturing.
• Lead prototyping, hardware bring-up, debug, manufacturing, and test campaigns.
• Rapidly iterate on and improve electronic designs based on laboratory, environmental and on-orbit testing.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, risk reduction planning, and mentorship of early-career engineers.

Skills

Electronics design

Hardware bring-up

Teamwork

Self-motivation

Communication

Time management

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Altium Designer

LTspice

MATLAB

Python

Oscilloscopes

Network analyzers

Job description

Array Labs seeks a Principal Electrical Design Engineer to design and validate digital and mixed-signal electronics for radar payloads and satellite platforms, including high-speed interfaces and timing distribution. You will lead hardware from design through bring-up and qualification, collaborating with RF, antenna, mechanical, and systems engineers to improve power, stability and on-orbit reliability.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, rapid iteration, and mentorship of early-career