Staff Component Engineer - Space Electronics Lead (Stock Options)

CesiumAstro; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Benefits package

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

HSA

FSA

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plans

Job summary

CesiumAstro in Melbourne, FL, is seeking a Staff Component Engineer to lead parts selection, qualification, and supplier evaluation for high-reliability space electronics. This role focuses on EEE parts selection, qualification, and roadmapping with a growing team in a startup-like environment.

Ideal candidates will have 8+ years in component engineering, PLM familiarity, and strong communication to interface with design, reliability, and quality teams across aerospace programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant prior experience as a component engineer.
• Knowledge of component selection, qualification, screening and derating for military and aerospace.
• Familiar with management of new part requests, part objects, and part attributes in a Product Lifecycle Management System
• Direct experience with parts plans for high-volume satellite constellations, evaluating parts screening and qualification in the context of high-volume constellation performance.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong desire to change an industry and disrupt incumbent players.
• Sense of urgency, with the ability to work independently under agile development timelines.
• Willingness to learn and work in both a support capacity and as a lead on differing functions.

Responsibilities

• Act as CesiumAstro’s technical representative with customers to define testing and qualification requirements for all EEE parts.
• Work all aspects of high-reliability EEE parts selection, standardization, qualification, and performance verification on a growing team.
• Develop a roadmap for state-of-the-art components, working with the engineering design team for an effective product upgrade strategy while balancing cost and schedule
• Provide EEE part expertise and support on aerospace programs, reviewing customer documents and aligning their needs with the company’s product lines.
• Evaluate components for compliance to industry requirements such EEE‑INST‑002, AEC, TOR, JEDEC, and others.
• Author parts plans and process definition documents for internal and external use.
• Write and review Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) to component-level procurement and test control documents.
• Develop process improvements for streamlined component-level ECOs review and adjudication.
• Experience building relationships with space part suppliers.
• Review screening and test data received from manufacturers and test laboratories for compliance to specifications, purchase order requirements, and program contracts.
• Interface internally with design engineers, reliability engineers, and quality engineers in support of risk mitigation and product development review efforts.
• Prepare Non-Standard Parts Approval Requests (NSPARs) and Source Control Drawings (SCDs).
• Perform bill-of-materials cost analysis, components research and obsolescence mitigation, and supplier audits.

Skills

Component selection

Qualification

Screening

Derating

PDM/PLM systems

High-volume satellite experience

Communication skills

Agile development

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline

Tools

Product Lifecycle Management System

Job description

CesiumAstro in Melbourne, FL, is seeking a Staff Component Engineer to lead parts selection, qualification, and supplier evaluation for high-reliability space electronics. This role focuses on EEE parts selection, qualification, and roadmapping with a growing team in a startup-like environment.

Ideal candidates will have 8+ years in component engineering, PLM familiarity, and strong communication to interface with design, reliability, and quality teams across aerospace programs.