Spaceborne RPU Unit Lead — Electrical Engineer

Roman Health Pharmacy LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

HSA/FSA

Retirement plan

Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking a highly skilled Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, integration, test, and flight qualification of advanced spaceborne payloads. The Unit Lead will own technical definition and execution for the Reconfigurable Processing Unit (RPU), coordinating multidisciplinary teams and interfacing with customers to ensure on-time, flight-ready products.

This role requires strong leadership, systems engineering, and hands-on expertise in RF and software-defined

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8 years of engineering experience in electronics hardware development.
• Hands-on experience with software-defined radios.
• Leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong systems engineering practices and configuration management.
• Excellent communication across audiences.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the RPU Unit Lead and primary technical contact for the box throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Lead end-to-end engineering for the box, including architecture, design, prototyping, integration, test, environmental qualification, and flight readiness.
• Coordinate and direct a team of RF, digital, power, mechanical, thermal, software, and systems engineers to ensure consistent and timely technical execution.
• Hold schedule accountability for the box development.
• Develop and review payload control schemes, internal data interfaces, command & telemetry architecture, and firmware/software integration as needed.
• Manage all flight qualification activities, including environmental test planning (thermal vacuum, vibration, shock, EMC), margin assessment, and final acceptance testing.
• Own the transition to volume production, including manufacturability, testability, and customer-facing documentation.
• Generate and maintain box-level documentation: requirements, ICDs, block diagrams, test plans, verification matrices, risk registers, and design reviews.
• Interface with spacecraft systems engineering, mission assurance, manufacturing, vendors, and test facilities.
• Driver root cause analysis, anomaly resolution, and technical risk mitigation throughout development and test campaigns.
• Communicate status, technical trades, risks, and design decisions to internal leadership and external customers.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Leadership

RF engineering

Systems engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Software-defined radios

Job description

CesiumAstro is seeking a highly skilled Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, integration, test, and flight qualification of advanced spaceborne payloads. The Unit Lead will own technical definition and execution for the Reconfigurable Processing Unit (RPU), coordinating multidisciplinary teams and interfacing with customers to ensure on-time, flight-ready products.

This role requires strong leadership, systems engineering, and hands-on expertise in RF and software-defined