Senior Hardware Design Engineer Verified today
About Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly was the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first company to achieve a successful Moon landing.
What You'll Do
- Own end-to-end circuit card development: schematic capture and layout for complex digital, analog, and power designs; EEE component selection; electrical simulations; and rapid prototyping for flight and qualification.
- Develop new features and functionality for our common avionics platform used across launch vehicles and spacecraft applications.
- Perform technical trade studies, requirement capture, and conceptual and detail design activities for new and existing designs.
- Work with experts across systems, mechanical, software, and test engineering teams to develop tightly integrated, high-performance hardware.
- Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis using standard test equipment, driving issues to closure in a fast-paced setting.
- Understand and implement aerospace guidelines for development and design of electronic assemblies.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering or equivalent.
- 5+ years of hands-on PCB design, hardware development, and integration experience.
- Strong skills in schematic capture and layout for digital, analog, and power circuits; proficiency with Altium or similar tools preferred.
- Competence at end-to-end definition, requirement generation, block-diagram design, component selection, and circuit simulations.
- Experience with component selection, circuit simulation and analysis, and electrical troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
- Experience using test equipment to verify component and circuit functionality.
- Excellent organizational skills and experience working with vendors.
- Ability to work well with others, be proactive, and execute with minimal guidance.
US Person Requirement
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Benefits
Firefly offers generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.