CesiumAstro
Principal Electrical Engineer
Austin, TX · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 15–19 years with a Bachelor's degree, or 12–17 years with a Master's degree.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer engineering, or a related engineering field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Defines enterprise electrical engineering strategies, architectures, standards, and technical direction while guiding product development and resolving complex engineering challenges across programs.
What you'll do
- Set engineering strategies, architectures, design methodologies, standards, and technology roadmaps across products and platforms.
- Advise and mentor engineering teams and leadership; guide design, verification, integration, and technical decisions.
- Evaluate performance, testing, reliability, manufacturability, production issues, and post-delivery anomalies; lead improvements and provide post-production/in-orbit customer support.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree with 15–19 years of related experience, or Master's degree with 12–17 years of related experience in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer engineering, or a related engineering field.
- Expertise in engineering design and fabrication principles, including enterprise hardware development and fabrication strategies.
- Expert understanding of signal integrity, EMI/EMC, hardware integration, qualification testing, system interfaces, and multidisciplinary integration.
- Proficiency with electronic design automation, circuit simulation, and analysis tools; experience with engineering analysis, configuration management, and collaboration tools.
Tools
Altium Designer, OrCAD, LTspice, MATLAB, Windchill, Git, Jira
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