Senior Spaceflight Electronics Design Engineer

Job Summary

At the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), our engineers build flight and ground electronics for scientific instruments and spacecraft exploring Earth, the Sun, the Moon,planets, and the wider universe. We are looking for a seniorelectrical engineer who is driven to explore and can see the wholesystem, make sound decisions when constraints compete, and enjoys ajob requiring hands-on hardware development work.

You may have built your career in low-noise analog and sensorelectronics, power conversion, motor control, embedded systems, orhigh-speed digital hardware. We do not expect one person to be anexpert in every domain. What matters is deep capability in at leastone area, broad electrical judgment, and a record of leading complex hardware from an early architecture through qualification and integration.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating aworkplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds toapply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

LASP combines the agility of a university laboratory with the technical capability of a premier space mission organization.

Engineers work directly alongside scientists, students, and missionoperators, allowing technical decisions to move quickly while maintaining scientific excellence.

As part of the University of Colorado Boulder (CU), LASP began in1948 and is a world-recognized space science research institutethat implements the full life cycle of science missions from the definition of the science questions through the development ofspace flight hardware and the subsequent mission operations. We arethe only research institute in the world to have sent scienceinstruments to all eight planets, Pluto, and beyond the solarsystem.

LASP combines all aspects of space exploration through our expertise in science, engineering, mission operations, andscientific data analysis. As part of CU, LASP also works to educateand train the next generation of space scientists, engineers andmission operators by integrating undergraduate and graduate students into working teams. Our students take their uniqueexperiences with them into government or industry or remain inacademia to continue the cycle of exploration.

What you will do

• Own the electrical architecture and technical baseline for complex flight circuit-card assemblies, instrument electrical systems, or small-spacecraft electrical systems. Build the circuitcard from schematic capture, manage layout, and lead laboratorystartup testing.
• Translate mission needs into practical requirements,interfaces, power and performance budgets, grounding andfault-management concepts, verification plans, and implementation decisions.
• Contribute to or lead trades on performance, radiation,reliability, parts availability, manufacturability, thermal and mechanical constraints, cost, schedule, and mission life.
• Guide design reviews, PCB implementation, board bring-up,environmental qualification, EMI/EMC troubleshooting, failure investigations, and spacecraft or instrument integration.
• You may also lead a small technical team and give program leadership clear recommendations on risk, readiness, staffing,budget, schedule, suppliers, and the path to flight.
• Other duties assigned

This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will work closely with systems, FPGA, software, mechanical, thermal, science,quality, parts, radiation, manufacturing, and program teams.

Depending on the mission, you may serve as the responsible engineer for an electrical board or subsystem or lead electrical engineer for an instrument or small spacecraft.

• Because this position requires access to export-controlledinformation, applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanentresidents, or other protected individuals as defined by applicableU.S. export-control laws.
• The work requires regular onsite presence in Boulder for flight hardware, laboratory work, and integration.
• Occasional…