CesiumAstro
Senior Staff Electrical Engineer
Austin, TX · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 30, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum of 12 years of industry or university research experience in board-level electronics design, analysis, and test.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees or refugees (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
Leads end-to-end development of complex, high-reliability electronics modules and systems for space and airborne applications, from architecture and design through verification and production.
What you'll do
- Own electronics design from concept and architecture through schematic, PCB layout, analysis, testing, and production release.
- Lead and mentor hardware engineering teams, provide technical expertise, and develop system architectures and requirements.
- Plan and conduct hardware bring-up, verification, and design reviews for customers and executives.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
- Minimum 12 years of industry or university research experience in board-level electronics design, analysis, and test.
- Direct experience designing high-reliability electronics for space or defense, including part derating, worst-case analysis, and thermal constraints.
- Expertise in complex board design and production, PCB layout and manufacturing, signal or power integrity analysis, and electronics design tools such as Altium.
Nice to have
- Experience leading teams developing multi-module assemblies, including architecture, requirements, and interconnects.
- Design experience for space radiation environments.
Tools
Altium Designer, Ansys SIwave, ADS SIPro, Mentor Hyperlynx, IPC standards
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