Description
Build hardware that powers orbital missions as a Spacecraft PCB Design Engineer in Los Angeles, CA, with an aerospace technology company developing custom spacecraft for science and national security applications. This full-time, in-office opportunity offers hands-on involvement in board design, assembly, integration, and testing with a team combining spaceflight expertise and advanced computational design.
Qualifications and responsibilities for this Spacecraft PCB Design Engineer position include:
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field, with at least 5 years of electrical engineering experience in aerospace emphasizing hands-on spacecraft hardware testing and assembly.
- Proficiency in PCB design software such as Altium, KiCad, or Eagle, with demonstrated PCB debugging skills using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and manual soldering and rework tools.
- Experience working in clean room environments and following ESD protocols.
- Must possess or be willing and eligible to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance.
- Design, develop, integrate, and test spacecraft PCBs, avionics subsystems, and flatsat emulators with an emphasis on reliability and testability.
- Develop and execute electrical integration and board bring-up procedures, support electrical ground support equipment design and assembly, and integrate compute and power subsystems with other spacecraft systems.
- Ensure compliance with applicable standards, document designs and test results, and provide technical guidance on spacecraft flight and test configuration grounding.
- Space electronics experience preferred, including NASA GEVS, IPC board assembly standards, EMI/EMC and magnetics analysis and testing, flight and test wiring harnesses, and spacecraft grounding and shielding.
Salary: $150,000 - $175,000 per year, commensurate with experience.
Benefits: This full-time, permanent, direct-hire position offers great benefits including 100% company-paid medical healthcare for employees, dental and vision care, a flexible vacation policy, sick days, a 401k matching option, pregnancy leave, family leave, holiday pay, and military service leave.
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