Staff Electrical Engineer — Space RF & High-Speed Electronics

CesiumAstro, Inc.

Denver (CO)

On-site

USD 158,000 - 189,000

Full time

25 hours ago

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Job summary

CesiumAstro is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to own the full lifecycle of board-level and system-level electronics hardware for advanced RF communication systems. You will drive digital-focused design, perform rigorous analysis, and lead hardware bring-up in a startup-like environment.

The role demands 8+ years in board-level design, expertise in signal integrity, power integrity, PCB layout with HDI, and experience with SI/PI tools; collaboration with software and mechanical teams is

Qualifications

BS degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
Minimum of 8 years of board-level electronics design, analysis, and test.
Experience designing electronics with rigor, in teams that value thorough analysis and testing.
Expertise in digital and mixed-signal electronics, such as signal integrity, FPGA on boards, ADCs/DACs, and telemetry subsystems.
Experience owning the design phase of complex board-level electronics, including trade studies, key part selection, and detailed design.
Experience delivering hardware designs through production and deployment.
Expertise in PCB layout, including high-density interconnect (HDI) stackup design and high-speed routing.
Experience running board-level signal integrity and/or power integrity simulation tools such as Ansys SIwave, ADS SIPro, or Mentor Hyperlynx.
Proven success in debugging, root cause analysis, and design reviews.
Depth in point-of-load power converter design for digital boards.
Strong working knowledge of adjacent fields, such as software and mechanical, that guides hardware design and system design.
Extensive lab experience for bring-up and verification of new hardware.
Familiarity with EMI/EMC concepts and design to mitigate these effects.
Understanding of military and/or DO standards.
Experience with design qualification and production lifecycle.
Has led small teams of hardware engineers to develop multi-module assemblies, including hardware architecture, requirements, make/buy decisions, and interconnects.

Responsibilities

Own the full lifecycle of board-level and system-level electronics hardware design and implementation for advanced RF communication systems.
Lead digital-focused hardware design with deep expertise and guide overall program direction.
Collaborate across software and mechanical to ensure integrated hardware solutions.