Senior Electrical Engineer

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

About the Role:

You will work on a small team of dedicated engineers responsible for the design of Planet’s satellites. This is not your typical aerospace or consumer electronics role. You will work on the end to end process of bringing a product from design to shipment, optimized for medium-scale mass production. You will design and optimize electrical compute, data handling, and embedded systems, both within the spacecraft and on ground support equipment.

You will be responsible for architect, design and build PCBAs (schematic capture, simulations, guide PCB layout engineer). You will conduct environmental and functional testing on electrical subsystems and get them ready for flight. Your work will then be put in a rocket and shot into space.

This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week.

Impact You'll Own:

• Lead the electrical design of compute and high-speed subsystems, from requirements definition through architecture and detailed implementation.
• Guide PCB layout design, Schematic Capture and Signal/Power Integrity simulations.
  
  Identify, debug and validate designs
• Provide support for integration testing
• Perform power supply design, power integrity analysis, and ensure designs meet system requirements.
• Support manufacturing and qualification test development

What You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar
• 6+ years experience in taking designs from schematics to manufacturing
• Advanced knowledge of electrical design for high speed signal integrity, high speed layout techniques, and SI simulations
• Experience with FPGA/SOC based designs
• Expertise with lab equipment including high speed oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters
• Solder rework skills
• Experience with embedded systems and peripheral interfaces (e.g, I2C, SPI, USB, CAN, PCIe, etc)

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Experience with Altium tools for PCB design
• Proficiency with Hyperlynx SI or equivalent SI verification tools
• Working knowledge of scripting languages such as Python

Final date to receive applications: December 22, 11:59PM PST

EAR/ITAR Requirements:

This position requires access to export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

Benefits While Working at Planet:

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition…