Engineering Manager, Digital & Mixed-Signal Hardware

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At Cesium Astro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, Cesium Astro is the place for you.

We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.

We are seeking an Engineering Manager, Digital & Mixed-Signal Hardware to lead and coordinate our high-speed digital electronics teams across multiple sites and product lines. This leadership role is critical to ensuring architectural consistency and high-quality execution across a diverse portfolio of software-defined radios, space computing platforms, and phased array control systems.

This position is a highly technical leadership role responsible for delivering well-engineered digital and mixed-signal hardware-on schedule-across all product lines. The role provides technical ownership for board- and system-level high-speed digital designs while leading team execution, staffing, and engineering process maturity in a fast-growing aerospace and defense startup environment.

In addition to people and process leadership, this role contributes hands-on technical expertise to critical designs, architecture reviews, and complex debug activities, ensuring products are scalable, manufacturable, testable, and robust at production volumes.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

* Maintain technical integrity and engineering excellence for high-speed digital and mixed-signal electronics development across the company.

* Establish, mature, scale, and enforce engineer-friendly digital hardware development processes, including high-speed interface design guidelines, signal integrity simulation workflows, and schematic and layout standards for dense, high-layer-count PCBs

* Lead and participate in rigorous architecture and design reviews, ensuring appropriate subject matter expert (SME) engagement across digital, RF, power, firmware, and mechanical disciplines.

* Provide system-level technical leadership for software-defined radio and computing units and phased array control architectures.

* Apply strong working knowledge of adjacent disciplines-RF electronics, power electronics, thermal/mechanical engineering, firmware/software-to ensure board- and system-level success.

* Contribute directly to board-level digital and mixed-signal designs as needed, particularly in high-risk or schedule-critical programs.

* Lead or support complex debug efforts involving high-speed interfaces, large FPGA and processor implementations, and related technical topics.

* Ensure digital hardware designs are buildable and testable at scale using DFM and DFT best practices.

* Drive disciplined handoff from engineering to manufacturing through close collaboration with manufacturing engineering, supply chain, and production test engineering.

* Ensure designs meet quality, reliability, and scalability requirements for aerospace and defense production environments.

* Lead digital architecture decisions aligned with product performance and long-term technology roadmaps.

* Partner with Supply Chain to ensure component availability, lifecycle risk mitigation, and cost awareness.

* Drive design reuse, modular architectures, and platform commonality across products to accelerate execution and reduce risk.

TEAM LEADER SHIP, STAFFING & PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

* Build, scale, and lead a high-performing digital and mixed-signal hardware engineering team.

* Advocate for realistic schedules while holding the team accountable to delivery commitments.

* Lead hiring activities, including writing job descriptions, conducting interviews, and making hire/no-hire decisions.

* Establish clear development paths and growth opportunities for high-performing engineers.

* Address performance issues promptly and constructively.

* Actively close skill gaps through hands-on contribution, training initiatives, or targeted hiring.

* Provide one-on-one coaching, mentoring, and deep technical guidance.

* Serve as a key contributor to early-stage engineering execution planning, including collaboration with Business Development and Systems Engineering.

* Plan and manage budgets related to staffing, lab equipment, capital equipment, and design/simulation software.

* Maintain strong working relationships across Engineering, Quality, and Operations.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

* Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or…