Digital Electronics Engineering Manager Verified today
About Axiom Space
Axiom Space builds commercial space infrastructure and human spaceflight solutions, including Axiom Station (successor to the ISS) and advanced spacesuits for lunar missions.
The Role
You will lead and manage a team of electrical engineers responsible for digital electronics design and development across all Axiom programs. This role blends people leadership with hands-on technical insight to advance the organization's digital electronics capability.
You will oversee design, development, verification, and qualification of digital electronic hardware including FPGA-based, embedded, and avionics systems throughout the product lifecycle. You'll partner closely with program managers, chief engineers, systems, software, manufacturing, and integration teams to deliver innovative, reliable, and compliant solutions meeting customer and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of electrical engineers for digital electronics design across all Axiom programs
- Oversee design, development, verification, and qualification of digital electronic hardware, including FPGA-based, embedded, and avionics systems
- Establish and enforce unified electrical engineering standards, processes, methodologies, and best practices
- Champion design assurance, testing rigor, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Partner with program managers and chief engineers to balance priorities, resolve resource conflicts, and manage technical and schedule risks
- Maintain labor forecasts, staffing plans, and resource estimates to ensure adequate support for program commitments
- Define acceptance criteria for discipline work and establish review expectations and quality thresholds
- Provide technical subject matter expertise to projects as requested
- Establish and monitor metrics related to productivity, staffing utilization, review effectiveness, and process maturity
- Identify emerging electrical design tools, modeling technologies, and capability gaps to advance technical excellence
- Develop and maintain team technical capabilities and knowledge management practices
- Maintain clear competency expectations, role progression paths, and foster professional growth
- Communicate project progress, status, and issues to stakeholders and leadership
- Implement and maintain agile project management methodologies throughout the project lifecycle
Required Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred
- 8+ years of experience in digital electronics, embedded hardware, avionics, FPGA development, or related aerospace systems engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 3+ years of experience leading electrical engineering or technical teams
- Demonstrated experience leading the full product lifecycle from requirements definition through verification, certification, production, and sustainment
- Strong knowledge of digital circuit design, FPGA architectures, embedded systems, PCB design, and hardware verification methodologies
- Experience working within regulated industries developing products compliant with aerospace, defense, or safety-critical standards
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver complex technical programs on schedule and within budget
- Experience with electrical design or simulation tools (e.g., Altium, MATLAB/Simulink, SPICE)
- Track record of leading verification and validation activities for flight hardware or systems
- Experience taking digital electronics from concept to flight delivery
- Track record of making things happen in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
- Demonstrated organization skills to meet tight deadlines with high quality results
Desired Skills
- Experience with basic lab equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters)
- Passion for space and the mission
- Entrepreneurial, growth mindset
- High emotional intelligence and ability to collaborate within teams and cross-functionally
Work Environment and Requirements
Generally an office environment in Houston, but can involve inside or outside work depending on the task. Must be willing to work evenings and weekends as needed to meet critical project milestones.
This position may require access to export controlled technical data or technology subject to NASA regulations, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Final candidates may be required to undergo additional export control screening to determine eligibility for access. Meeting these requirements is a condition of employment.
Work may involve sitting or standing for extended periods (90% of the time). May require lifting and carrying up to 25 lbs. (5% of the time).