Senior Electrical Engineer

Orbit Fab Electronics Engineer

Orbit Fab's mission is to create the foundational infrastructure that will fuel a bustling in-space economy, capable of sustaining permanent jobs in space. Today, satellites cannot be refueled, which severely constrains their mobility and inhibits the development of economic activities in space.

Orbit Fab breaks the single-use paradigm, pioneering our Gas Stations in Space™ refueling infrastructure and RAFTI™ technology to deliver propellant in space, enabling lower-cost satellite construction, increased maneuverability, precise control, and extended lifespans. The possibilities are unprecedented, opening the doors to unimagined operational strategies and business models.

Since our establishment in 2018, we have already achieved the successful launch of three tankers to space. With offices in both the US and UK, we are working in close collaboration with partners and customers across the space industry. Orbit Fab is rapidly ramping up capabilities and requires exceptional talent to tackle important challenges. Our roles offer wide ranging opportunities to have a demonstrable impact and enable a bustling space economy.

This is not a management position; we want you to spend your time doing the engineering you are passionate about.

You would be responsible for developing custom electronics to support a variety of upcoming Orbit Fab missions. You would perform high reliability circuit design, analysis, schematic capture and layout. Your technical duties will involve owning critical electrical systems designs required to support the development of Orbit Fab electronics. A major emphasis will be on designing electronics specifically for operation in space environments.

You would be a mentor on the electrical engineering team and responsible for conducting reviews and sharing best practices. You would be expected to take on system-level electronics scope and support.

• Develop critical electronics for Orbit Fab's technologies.
• Requirements gathering
• Circuit design
• Schematic capture
• PCB layout
• Architect, plan, and implement electronics for system communication and coordination to meet mission CONOPS.
• Implement and test electronics to ensure compliance with systems requirements.
• Assist in overall system design and development, providing input to key decisions and reviews from an electrical engineering perspective.
• Perform documentation of the structure and functionality of flight electronics.
• Directly interact with the customers, both government and commercial.
• Manage electrical focused project/tasks and interactions with contractors and vendors to meet the needs of the project.
• Lead technical reviews.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior EE team members
• Guide electrical engineering processes and facilitate technical trades across the system.
• Identify technical issues and proactively implement resolutions to mitigate schedule and cost impacts.
• Identify and interface vendors to carry out spacecraft electrical components selection and planning.

Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, physics, mathematics, or other related discipline.

5+ years of demonstrated applicable experience in electronics design and development across multiple projects/programs, including:

• Circuit/board design and board bring up.
• Experience with performing EEE parts stress and derating analysis.
• Experience integrating custom electronics with hardware actuators and sensors and performing hardware-in-the-loop development.
• Experience interfacing with firmware engineers to co-develop microcontroller firmware.
• Expertise in payload electronics integration and harnessing.
• Experience with key design, detailed analysis, and engineering management tools, including Altium and LTSpice for circuit design and analysis.
• Experience taking a product from concept phase through prototyping, production, and operation.
• Ability and desire to mentor and advise junior team members in a collaborative environment
• Experience taking multiple products or multiple iterations of a single product from concept phase through prototyping, test, and operation.
• Breadth of experience as an…