Firefly Aerospace
Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Cedar Park, TX · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on PCB design, hardware development, and integration experience.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in electrical engineering or equivalent
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual 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
Designs and develops circuit cards for Firefly’s common avionics platform, from circuit design and prototyping through testing and troubleshooting for launch vehicles and spacecraft.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end circuit card development, including schematic capture, layout, component selection, simulations, and prototyping.
- Develop avionics platform features and perform trade studies, requirements capture, and design activities.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams and lead hardware testing, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in electrical engineering or equivalent.
- 5+ years of hands-on PCB design, hardware development, and integration experience.
- Experience with circuit definition, requirements, component selection, circuit simulation/analysis, and electrical troubleshooting.
- Experience using test equipment to verify component and circuit functionality.
Nice to have
- Proficiency with Altium (or similar).
Tools
Altium
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