Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, Raptor 3D Printers Verified today

Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, Raptor 3D Printers

The Raptor Printer team designs, builds, and integrates in-house Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) printers that enable high-volume production of Raptor engines. You will own the full product lifecycle of these critical manufacturing systems from concept through production deployment.

As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, you will be the extreme owner of electrical systems for next-generation LPBF printers. You will drive requirements definition, circuit design, development, qualification, and seamless integration into production. Your designs directly impact rocket engine production rates and reliability.

What You Will Do

• Design new electrical hardware, PCBAs, and implement targeted modifications to improve reliability, manufacturability, and expand printer capabilities
• Create and release documentation for PCB fabrication
• Own electronic hardware on additive machines from development through implementation
• Drive changes to electrical schematics and mechanical drawings that improve reliability, manufacturability, and cost
• Perform root cause investigations to characterize off-nominal unit behavior and mitigate risk
• Derive engineering justification to resolve production issues throughout assembly, test, and activation
• Design test setups and execute hardware validation through benchtop and environmental testing
• Work closely with mechanical, software, automation, controls, and additive engineering disciplines to deliver tightly integrated hardware
• Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, test, and activation
• Challenge assumptions, question requirements, and approach problems with an open mind

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering
• 5+ years of industry experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or similar engineering degree
• Experience with industrial automation, laser systems, high-power electronics, motion control, or additive manufacturing equipment
• 2+ years of professional experience rapidly designing and delivering highly reliable products
• 2+ years of professional experience testing, troubleshooting, and debugging electronics
• Experience with sensors, embedded microcontroller design and firmware, and FPGA hardware and software development
• Experience with high-speed data acquisition systems, high-accuracy motion systems, high-speed scanning systems, or camera/telemetry-based control systems
• Experience producing high-rate designs optimized for manufacturability and cost
• Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role
• Experience developing new hardware, not just incremental updates
• Experience working through system trades, pushing back on requirements, and following through with verification and validation
• Self-starter with demonstrated experience on multiple projects making hardware work within demanding time and resource constraints
• High proficiency with designing signal conditioning circuits, digital circuits, and switching power converters
• Proficiency with schematic capture and board layout, producing clean and maintainable designs, preferably in Altium or Circuit Maker
• Knowledge of digital communications interfaces including SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, and RS422
• Knowledge of common circuit blocks including filters, power supplies, and microcontrollers
• High proficiency with circuit simulation tools and formal analysis methods such as de-rating and worst-case circuit analysis
• High proficiency with lab equipment for development testing including sophisticated test definition, troubleshooting, data collection, and data reduction techniques
• Proficiency at board level rework in support of development testing
• Solid working knowledge of EMI/EMC underlying physics, specifications, design best practices, and strategies for addressing test exceedances
• Proficiency writing software for test automation, data review, and design analysis, preferably in MATLAB or Python
• Cross-functional project management skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Additional Requirements

• Extended hours and weekend work may be required to support critical project and mission milestones

Compensation

Level 3: $140,000.00 - $230,000.00 base salary. Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is one part of your total rewards package. You may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Benefits include comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, 3 weeks of paid vacation, and 10 or more paid holidays per year. Paid sick leave accrual complies with applicable law.

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.