Spacecraft Electrical Systems Architect

True Anomaly, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 135,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Flexible Time Off

Parental Leave

Sick Leave

Daily catered lunch

Unlimited snacks

401(k) retirement plan

Fitness reimbursement

Dog Fridays

Equity participation

Job summary

True Anomaly is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to design and develop electrical system architectures for our next-generation space vehicles. You will be responsible for defining system-level electrical architectures, performing system reliability analysis, and ensuring seamless integration of power, data, and control systems across the spacecraft.

Working at the intersection of hardware design and systems engineering, you will translate mission requirements into robust electrical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
• 5–10 years of professional experience in electrical system design, preferably aerospace or high-reliability applications.
• Strong fundamentals in circuit design, power electronics, and system architecture.
• Experience with system-level reliability analyses (FMEA).
• Ability to create block diagrams and architecture documentation.
• Proficiency with CAD tools for schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Experience with SPICE, power budgeting, and worst-case analysis.
• Hands-on hardware debugging and lab testing experience.
• Understanding of aerospace standards and EMI/EMC practices.
• Excellent communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Develop electrical system architectures and block diagrams for spacecraft avionics.
• Create and maintain system-level diagrams and architecture documents.
• Perform FMEA to identify failure modes and drive design improvements.
• Evaluate components for mission requirements and reliability.
• Plan and execute component selection with radiation tolerance considerations.
• Define electrical interface requirements for avionics components.
• Perform power budgets, voltage drop, fault analysis, and load flow studies.
• Design custom avionics hardware and power conditioning units.
• Create detailed schematics and BOMs using CAD tools.
• Develop test plans for functional and environmental verification.
• Support hardware bring-up, debugging, and lab testing.
• Collaborate with harness teams on cable routing and wiring specs.
• Participate in SRR, PDR, CDR reviews and document verification status.

Skills

System architecture

FMEA

Electrical design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Power budgeting

Lab debugging

EMI/EMC design

SPICE simulation

Matlab/Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

EAGLE

Visio / Lucidchart

Job description

True Anomaly is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to design and develop electrical system architectures for our next-generation space vehicles. You will be responsible for defining system-level electrical architectures, performing system reliability analysis, and ensuring seamless integration of power, data, and control systems across the spacecraft.

Working at the intersection of hardware design and systems engineering, you will translate mission requirements into robust electrical