Senior Spacecraft Electronics Engineer — Technical Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

401(a) retirement plan

Medical and dental insurance

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

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 in Boulder.

You will lead hands-on circuit design, carry high-reliability electronics from requirements through qualification and integration, and mentor a small design team while collaborating with systems, FPGA, software, and radiation engineers.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field with at least 8 years of relevant experience; a master's with at least 6 years; or a doctorate with at least 4 years.
• Demonstrated ownership of a complex electronic assembly from requirements through production, qualification, and integration.
• Experience in multiple design domains such as analog, mixed-signal, power, embedded, FPGA-enabled hardware, or high-speed digital design.

Responsibilities

• Focused design in at least one area of discipline for spaceflight instruments and small spacecraft.
• Develop electrical requirements, interfaces, architecture, grounding, power budgets, and verification plans.
• Capture schematics in Altium Designer and release PCB design data for fabrication.
• Model circuit performance with LTspice, Ansys, MATLAB, or Python.
• Bring up and debug hardware in the lab; support EMI/EMC, thermal-vacuum, vibration tests; investigate anomalies.
• Lead design reviews and mentor small project teams.

Skills

Circuit design

High-rel electronics

Team mentoring

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree

Doctorate

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence OrCAD

KiCad

LTspice

Ansys

MATLAB

Python

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 in Boulder.

You will lead hands-on circuit design, carry high-reliability electronics from requirements through qualification and integration, and mentor a small design team while collaborating with systems, FPGA, software, and radiation engineers.