Senior Electrical Engineer – TeraWave High-Speed Digital & Networking Payload Hardware Verified today

About the Role

You will design, analyze, and validate complex circuit card assemblies for high-speed digital and networking payload systems operating in demanding environments. You will own hardware from concept through production, working across a cross-functional team that includes FPGA, software, test, and manufacturing engineers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with systems and subsystem stakeholders to translate program requirements into hardware designs that meet performance, reliability, and SWaP-C (Size, Weight, Power, and Cost) constraints
• Perform rigorous circuit-level analysis including Worst Case Analysis (WCA), Component Derating Analysis, Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), and Signal and Power Integrity (SI/PI) analysis
• Represent hardware across the full development lifecycle, interfacing with procurement, software, FPGA, harness, test, and manufacturing teams
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) best practices to support high-volume production; perform Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Lead and support bring-up, debug, and functional verification of complex circuit card assemblies
• Operate independently, managing priorities, risks, and opportunities in a fast-paced development environment
• Contribute to an agile program management cadence through sprint-based planning and execution

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 7 or more years of experience in hardware design for aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability applications
• Demonstrated experience with high-speed digital circuit design and analysis
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and drive issues to closure
• Effective communication skills for cross-functional collaboration across engineering disciplines
• Hands-on experience with circuit-level analysis to validate design margin and requirements compliance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with high-speed serial and parallel interface standards including SerDes, Ethernet (1G/10G/25G/100G), UART, SPI, I3C, MDIO, and IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
• Familiarity with network switching architectures and IP-layer networking concepts in embedded hardware contexts
• Experience with circuit simulation tools such as SPICE, HyperLynx, and HFSS, and formal design verification methods
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC design principles and system-level integration considerations
• Experience with PCB layout, particularly techniques to improve signal integrity, power integrity, and thermal performance in high-density, high-speed designs
• Experience designing for reliability in radiation-tolerant or space-heritage environments, including part selection, derating, and latch-up mitigation
• Experience with environmental qualification testing including vibration, thermal cycling, and shock testing

Compensation

Base pay range for WA applicants: $156,802.00 to $219,522.45. Other site ranges may differ.

Requirements

Applicants 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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability
• 401(k) with company match up to 5%
• Education Support Program
• Stock options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours per week
• Paid time off: up to 4 weeks per year based on scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays
• Performance-based bonuses and incentives (amounts and eligibility not guaranteed)