Senior Electrical Design Engineer - TeraWave

As part of the Spacecraft Bus Avionics team, you will be responsible for driving requirements, design, analysis, test, and critical review of avionics hardware. This senior-level role requires leadership and expertise for schematic and circuit design. You will play a key role in developing the Tera Wave Satellite system from concept through formal qualification and verification including integration and flight support activities.

• Own end-to-end product development for a space-rated component.
• Provide leadership as a member of a cross-disciplinary team in a fast-paced design environment.
• Participate in the entire design cycle of flight and mission-critical avionics.
• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to define requirements and design architecture.
• Collaborate with the electrical engineering team to incorporate printed circuit board interconnect systems, signal integrity and power integrity analyses of these components.
• Lead design trade studies.
• Design avionics solutions for performance and high reliability in harsh environments.
• Create mechanical interface definitions, specifications, and control documents.
• Plan and conduct engineering tests and data reviews.
• Create and deliver presentations, proposals, and training material on technical subjects.
• Review assembly instructions and support hardware builds.
• Validate requirements through design, test, analysis, and inspection.
• Support Production and Quality Engineering as needed, including dispositioning material defects.
• Manage revisions of the product design configurations through the product lifecycle.
• Mentor and train junior engineers.
• Review and approve designs and documentation created by other team members.

• B.S. degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience designing ruggedized electronic components or similar high-performance / high reliability hardware.
• End-to-end product development for a space-rated component.
• Experience designing hardware for radiation environments.
• Experience in integrating complex optoelectronic and electromechanical components.
• Strong experience in digital design including FPGAs, CMOS sensors, and DDR memory.
• Select and qualify EEE parts for space environments.
• PCB design, FPGA integration, and EMI/EMC mitigation strategies for flight hardware.
• Experience with Altium Designer, multi-lamination stack-ups, impedance controlled nets, and complex design constraints.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Graduate degree in related engineering or technical field.
• Experience leading complex satellite/space flight avionics programs including integrating hardware, firmware, and software.
• Experience doing worst-case analysis, circuit Finite Element Analysis, and Failure Modes and effects Analysis.
• Proficiency with scripting, programming, and analysis/modeling tools:
  Python, Linux/Windows shell scripting, C, C++, and MATLAB.
• Background in fault detection, redundancy strategies, and system-level reliability modeling.
• Ability to work independently on rapid development programs.
• Experience managing and mentoring engineering teams, including performance development, technical guidance, and cross-functional coordination.

Base Pay Range for WA applicants is $ - $

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• Benefits include:
  Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all…