Electrical Hardware Engineer (AI Satellites)

Quick Facts

• Role: Electrical Hardware Engineer (AI Satellites)

• Focus: High-reliability electrical electronics for space-based AI compute

• Work model: 100% onsite; relocation to Austin–Bastrop area required if not local

Description

Own the full lifecycle of the electronics enabling an AI-satellite constellation—from system trades and requirements capture through schematic design, PCB layout oversight, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, and documentation for fabrication, manufacturing, and test, then support on-orbit performance. Work across power conversion and distribution, high-speed digital communications, mixed-signal/analog design, network integration, thermal management, and signal integrity to deliver the electrical backbone for orbital AI inference.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop high-reliability satellite/spacecraft electronics

• Drive requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, test, and on-orbit performance

• Support hardware during production, satellite integration, and flight

• Determine PCB layer stackup; perform component/package selection; assess placement and routing feasibility; route digital, analog, RF, and power conversion signals

• Create and maintain hardware libraries

• Create and release PCB fabrication documentation

• Collaborate with internal teams and PCB vendors to improve design rules, constraints, and design-for-test/manufacture guidelines

• Work closely with cross-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver tightly integrated, high-performance hardware

• Challenge assumptions and iterate through learning from mistakes

Benefits

• Opportunity to build and test complex, high-performance electronics for next-generation space-based AI infrastructure

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or physics

• 1+ years experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware (internships/co-ops acceptable)

• 100% onsite; relocate to the Austin–Bastrop area if not already local

• Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission-critical deadlines

• Occasional travel

• ITAR compliance requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering field

• 2+ years delivering highly reliable products quickly

• 2+ years full life-cycle hardware development (concept through production)

• 2+ years mixed-signal PCB design using processors, FPGAs, Ethernet, multi-GHz SerDes, DDR4, I2C, SPI, operational amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, and power supply components

• 2+ years electronic testing, troubleshooting, and debugging

• Strong programming/computing skills (Python, C/C++)

• Demonstrated cross-functional collaboration

• 2+ years working on aerospace systems