Electrical & Computer Engineer

The Role

You ll own the GPU compute board — the heart of our payload — from architecture through manufacturing. Working hands-on with our contract manufacturer (ODM), you ll design a custom board that delivers maximum compute per watt while conforming to the realities of a satellite: tight power and mass budgets, demanding thermal interfaces, the radiation environment of LEO, and launch loads.

You ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our Mechanical & Thermal Engineer — the electrical and thermal/mechanical design of the payload are deeply coupled, and the two of you will co-own the GPU stack from silicon to radiator.

• Architect and design the custom GPU compute board (schematic capture and high-speed PCB) that serves as the satellite s primary payload.
• Drive board design and bring-up in close partnership with our ODM — design reviews, DFM, prototype builds, NPI, and qualification.
• Own the high-speed interconnect architecture — GPU-to-GPU fabric (e.g., NVLink), Ser Des, and high-speed signaling — and evaluate optical / silicon-photonic interconnect for on-board and satellite-to-satellite links.
• Run signal integrity and power integrity analysis and ensure the board meets performance under real operating conditions.
• Co-design the electrical/thermal/mechanical interface of the payload with the Mechanical & Thermal Engineer — power delivery, heat extraction from the GPUs, packaging, and shielding of components against radiation.
• Translate satellite-level constraints (power, mass, volume, thermal, radiation, vibration) into board-level requirements and tradeoffs.
• Coordinate environmental and qualification testing (vibration, thermal-vacuum) for the board and payload.
• Manage component selection, supplier relationships, and BOM with an eye toward manufacturability and scale.

• Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience designing custom boards / system boards end-to-end — schematic, high-speed PCB layout, bring-up, and debug.
• Strong grasp of high-speed digital design, Ser Des, and modern compute interconnects (NVLink or comparable GPU/accelerator fabrics).
• Hands-on experience working with an ODM / contract manufacturer through design, NPI, and qualification.
• Solid signal-integrity and power-integrity fundamentals.
• Ability to reason from first principles and make sound tradeoffs under tight, coupled constraints — and to work effectively with a tiny team across electrical, thermal, and mechanical disciplines.

• Familiarity with silicon photonics / co-packaged optics and optical interconnect.
• Experience with GPU server / AI-accelerator hardware at a hyperscaler, NVIDIA, or an AI-hardware company.
• Space, aerospace, or rad-hard hardware experience (radiation effects, derating, environmental qualification).
• Experience taking hardware from prototype to volume manufacturing.