Senior Spaceflight Electronics Lead — Flight Hardware Architect

CU Boulder; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) seeks a senior electrical engineer to own the electrical architecture for complex flight circuitry and lead hardware from schematic capture through qualification and integration.

This hands-on role requires deep domain expertise and broad electrical judgment, collaborating with systems, FPGA, software, mechanical, and mission teams in Boulder. Equal opportunity employer with onsite work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field; 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Technical ownership of complex electronic assemblies from requirements through production and integration.
• Deep expertise in at least one domain (analog/sensor electronics, power, motor control, embedded or digital hardware, or high-speed digital design) plus breadth across adjacent disciplines.
• Experience leading a technical team or engineering work package and communicating risk to program leadership.
• Practical fluency with schematic/PCB design and review, circuit simulation and analysis, and electronics laboratory test and troubleshooting.
• Experience with spaceflight or other high-consequence hardware is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical architecture and technical baseline for complex flight circuit assemblies or instrument systems.
• Translate mission needs into requirements, interfaces, power and performance budgets, grounding and fault-management concepts, verification plans and implementations.
• Lead trades on performance, radiation, reliability, parts availability, manufacturability, thermal and mechanical constraints, cost, and schedule.
• Guide design reviews, PCB implementation, board bring-up, environmental qualification, EMI/EMC troubleshooting, failure investigations, and integration.
• May lead a small technical team and provide program leadership with risk, readiness, staffing, budget, and flight-path recommendations.
• Collaborate with systems, FPGA, software, mechanical, and program teams; may serve as responsible engineer for an electrical board or subsystem.
• Other duties assigned

Skills

Analog electronics

Sensor electronics

Power electronics

Motor control

Embedded systems

High-speed digital design

Schematic design

PCB layout

Circuit simulation

Lab testing

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Job description

CU Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) seeks a senior electrical engineer to own the electrical architecture for complex flight circuitry and lead hardware from schematic capture through qualification and integration.

This hands-on role requires deep domain expertise and broad electrical judgment, collaborating with systems, FPGA, software, mechanical, and mission teams in Boulder. Equal opportunity employer with onsite work.