Spacecraft Electrical Engineer

Department: Payload R&D

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Irvine, California

Reporting To: Jackson Parker

Compensation: $100,000 - $140,000 / year

Description

As an Electrical Engineer you will have ownership over design and testing of hardware designs for spacecraft bus and/or payload development. You will be expected to work within a cross-disciplinary team supporting the development of electrical systems for use in satellites. You must be willing to learn and adapt to working outside of your comfort zone. 

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop high reliability electrical systems and PCBs for satellite devices. 
• Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test. 
• Perform PCB troubleshooting and root cause analysis down to component level. 
• Be responsible for entire satellite electrical system. 
• Define and lead satellite harness definition and fabrication processes. 
• Prepare fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, BOMs, and general documentation required for design transfer to fabrication and assembly. 
• Maintain and update requirements and design documentation throughout the entire system life cycle 
• Maintain effective communication with all the functional groups to ensure project success (such as mechanical, manufacturing, software, test, and supply chain) 
• Support on-orbit operations as electrical systems subject matter expert 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field required
• 2-4 years of hardware development experience in PCB board design and layout and electronic system prototyping and validation
• Advanced proficiency with design tools for schematic capture (Altium preferred)
• Comfortable working in the lab with oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, and logic analyzers
• Demonstrates strong technical ability and creativity at a fundamental level
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Strong technical documentation skills
• Must be able to obtain a Secret and/or a TS/SCI clearance.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Passion for space and curiosity for electronics in high-reliability applications 
• Excitement for making systems smarter, better, faster, cheaper 
• Experience making products or systems work with minimal time and resources 
• Experience with developing fundamentally new hardware, not just incrementally updating legacy hardware 
• Experience with circuit simulation tools such as LTSpice 
• Soldering skills on surface mount and thru-hole components 
• Experience with switching power supply design. 
• Experience with requirements management 
• Experience with system verification and validation 
• Embedded systems and microcontroller implementation and programming 
• Understanding of analog high speed and differential signal routing 
• Experience with high performance digital processors, FPGAs, memory chips, or network switches 
• Experience with circuit board design-for-manufacturability, productization of electronics 

ITAR Requirements: 

• This position may include access to technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export controls. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158,  or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. 

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement Plans: Access to a 401(k) plan.
• Paid Time Off: Generous vacation days, personal days, and holidays to ensure you have time to recharge.
• Professional Development: Opportunities for ongoing training, workshops, and courses to advance your skills and career growth.
• Team Building Activities: Regular social events, team outings, and company-sponsored activities to foster a positive work environment.
• Diverse and Inclusive Culture: A commitment to diversity and inclusion, with initiatives to support a welcoming and equitable work environment.

Turion Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Turion Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability stat