Staff Electrical Engineer - SATCOM Verified today
CesiumAstro develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and airborne platforms. The Skylark product line focuses on active phased array antennas (AESA) for terrestrial and airborne applications, spanning high-power ground terminals for missile defense to commercial airline and helicopter connectivity solutions.
In this role, you will own the full lifecycle of board-level and system-level electronics hardware design and implementation for advanced RF communication systems. You will drive electrical design and test, help guide overall program direction, and maintain rigorous design reviews and industry standards compliance.
What you need
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in board-level electronics design, analysis, and test
- Expertise in digital and mixed-signal electronics: signal integrity, FPGAs, ADCs/DACs, telemetry subsystems
- Experience owning design phase of complex board-level electronics, including trade studies, part selection, and detailed design
- Track record delivering hardware designs through production and deployment
- Expertise in PCB layout, including high-density interconnect (HDI) stackup design and high-speed routing
- Proficiency with 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
- Depth in point-of-load power converter design for digital boards
- Strong working knowledge of adjacent fields (software, mechanical) that guide hardware and system design
- Extensive lab experience for hardware bring-up and verification
- Familiarity with EMI/EMC concepts and design mitigation
- Understanding of military and/or DO standards
- Experience with design qualification and production lifecycle
- Led small teams of hardware engineers to develop multi-module assemblies, including architecture, requirements, and interconnects
Preferred
- Experience with RF design and test equipment
- Crafting proposals for new business opportunities
What we offer
Full-time employment with company stock options and benefits including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.
US Person requirement
To conform with United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.