Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer (AI Satellites)

Quick Facts

• Senior electrical hardware role for on-orbit AI satellite payloads
• Own the complete hardware lifecycle: concept → design → prototyping → bring-up → manufacturing/test → on-orbit performance
• Focus on mixed-signal, digital, RF, and power electronics

Description

You will design, build, and support highly reliable satellite/spacecraft electrical hardware that enables orbital AI inference and data-center-class compute on the ground and in space. The work spans system trades, electronics design (schematics and PCB), prototyping, debugging, documentation, and support through production, integration, and flight. You’ll collaborate across electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, and test teams to deliver tightly integrated, high-performance payload electronics.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop high-reliability electronics for satellites and spacecraft
• Drive requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, hardware bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, test, and on-orbit performance
• Support hardware hands-on through production, satellite integration, and flight
• Define PCB layer stackup; perform component package selection; run routing feasibility studies; implement signal routing for digital, analog, RF, and power conversion
• Create and maintain libraries
• Create and release PCB fabrication documentation
• Work with internal teams and PCB vendors to improve design rules, constraints, and DFT/DFM guidelines
• Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, thermal, software, test, supply chain, and silicon design teams

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or physics
• 5+ years of industry experience designing circuits, electronic products, or hardware
• Onsite with relocation to Austin–Bastrop area if not local
• Ability to work extended hours or weekends for mission-critical deadlines
• Some travel may be required

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on advanced, in-house developed satellite compute electronics enabling low-cost AI compute powered in space
• Ownership of complex electrical hardware end-to-end, with hands-on support from prototyping through flight