Star Catcher
Senior Electrical Engineer - Digital Hardware
Jacksonville, Florida, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in digital hardware design, FPGA-based systems, or high-speed digital PCB design.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State, to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including ITAR. Offers are contingent on a background check and proof of eligibility to work in the U.S.
About the job
Leads the architecture, design, integration, and verification of high-reliability digital hardware for spacecraft and Star Catcher’s orbital power grid.
What you'll do
- Lead FPGA/SoC board, backplane, and compute-module design from requirements through manufacturing support and verification.
- Analyze high-speed digital and mixed-signal designs for timing, signal and power integrity, thermal performance, radiation effects, and reliability.
- Guide lab bring-up and debugging, component qualification, design reviews, and mentorship of digital hardware engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience with backplane-based architectures and FPGA/SoC platforms and associated design toolchains.
- Strong working knowledge of high-speed digital design, including signal integrity, power integrity, and timing closure.
- Experience with timing analysis, SI/PI simulation, worst-case analysis, and lab integration, verification, and debug.
Nice to have
- Radiation-tolerant digital design or compute-module qualification for space flight.
- Experience with spacecraft data buses, high-speed interfaces, EDA tools, MATLAB or Python, or NASA/DoD technical reviews.
Tools
FPGA/SoC, PCIe, SpaceWire, Ethernet, VPX, SpaceVPX, CompactPCI Serial, HyperLynx
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