Staff Electrical Engineer
On-siteWestminster, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Own end-to-end design of complex electronics modules and small systems, from concept and architecture through schematic, layout, test, and production. Lead small teams of hardware engineers to develop new products with multiple electronics modules, defining hardware architecture and requirements. Perform detailed schematic design and PCB layout in Altium Designer, conducting board-level and box-level analysis for signal and power integrity. Develop bring-up plans, execute verification testing, and release modules to production while mentoring junior and senior engineers. Present engineering design review materials to customers and the executive team. This role focuses on digital and mixed-signal hardware development for space applications, including software-defined radios, single-board computers, and control subsystems for phased array antenna payloads.
Required Qualifications
- U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in board-level electronics design, analysis, and test
- Significant experience designing electronics with rigor, in teams that value thorough analysis and testing
- Expertise in aspects of digital and mixed-signal electronics, such as signal integrity, implementing FPGAs on boards, ADCs/DACs, and telemetry subsystems
- Experience owning the design phase of complex board-level electronics, including trade studies, key part selection, and detailed design
- Experience delivering hardware designs through production and deployment
- Expertise in PCB layout, including high-density interconnect (HDI) stackup design and high-speed routing
- Experience running board-level signal integrity and/or power integrity simulation tools such as Ansys SIwave, ADS SIPro, or Mentor Hyperlynx
- Proven success in debugging, root cause analysis, and design reviews
- Strong working knowledge of adjacent fields, such as software and mechanical, that guides hardware design and system design
- Expert-level proficiency in electronics design tools such as Altium
- Extensive lab experience for bring-up and verification of new hardware
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
Desired Qualifications
- Aerospace design experience
- Experience leading small teams of hardware engineers to develop multi-module assemblies, including hardware architecture, requirements, make/buy decisions, and interconnects
- Expertise in high-speed digital electronics (e.g. 10+ Gbps SerDes), including signal integrity simulation and lab verification, SerDes optimization (e.g. emphasis and drive level), and high-speed interconnect solutions
- Expertise in software-defined radio (SDR) applications
- Direct experience designing high-reliability electronics for space or defense applications, including part derating, worst-case analysis, and thermal constraints
- Design for space radiation environments
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