Observable Space
Sr. Electrical Engineer, Lasercom
$150K–$190K
Los Angeles, CA · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years designing optical communication or high-speed communication systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Optical Engineering, or a related discipline.
About the job
Designs and validates electrical systems and high-speed electronics for aerospace laser communication hardware, from prototypes through flight-qualified systems.
What you'll do
- Design and characterize analog and mixed-signal circuitry, signal paths, and optical-system interfaces.
- Model, prototype, test, and debug communication hardware; support DSP pipeline development.
- Collaborate on system architecture, optical performance, component selection, and transition to flight-qualified hardware.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Optical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5+ years designing optical communication or high-speed communication systems.
- Strong understanding of fiber electronics, optics, lasers, and signal processing.
- Experience designing electronics for high-speed optical or communication systems and performing laboratory validation.
Nice to have
- Experience developing coherent optical communication systems or free-space optical communications (FSO) or laser communication systems.
- Experience with photonic integrated circuits (PICs), high-speed communication architectures, DSP algorithms, simulation tools, or FPGA-based communication systems.
Pay
$150K – $190K USD base salary
Tools
photonic integrated circuits (PICs), DSP, oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, bit-error-rate testers (BERTs), ADS, MATLAB/Simulink
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