CesiumAstro
Senior Staff Electrical Engineer - Payload
$184K–$225K
Westminster, CO · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years of engineering experience in electronics hardware development.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicant 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 the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Leads technical development, qualification, and production transition of Ka-band phased-array satellite payloads, coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and schedule execution.
What you'll do
- Lead payload architecture, design, integration, testing, environmental qualification, and flight readiness.
- Coordinate engineering leads and manage payload schedule, risks, technical decisions, and customer communications.
- Own payload documentation and transition to volume production, including manufacturability and testability.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 12+ years of engineering experience in electronics hardware development.
- Hands-on experience with related technologies such as active phased array antennas; expertise in antennas and board-level RF electronics.
- Leadership experience and knowledge of systems engineering, requirements flowdown, verification/validation, and configuration management.
Nice to have
- Experience executing or overseeing flight qualification and environmental test campaigns, or testing active antennas including EIRP and G/T.
- Experience with radiation-tolerant design, high-frequency antenna design such as Ka band, or flight-hardware technical leadership.
Pay
USD 184,000–225,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
Ka-band, AESAs, RPU, thermal vacuum, vibration, shock, EMC, EIRP
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