Electrical Engineer

The role

You will design, build, and test electronics for flight and ground hardware. This includes capturing schematics, managing suppliers, and performing bench testing for analog, digital, and power boards.

What you will do

• Design and capture schematics for analog, digital, and power boards
• Select components, build BOMs, and see boards through fabrication and assembly
• Bring up new PCBs with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and bench supplies
• Support systems engineering on requirements, architecture, and interfaces
• Design and document wire harnesses and interconnects
• Manage electronics suppliers and contractors
• Run power budgets and first-pass thermal and EMI checks
• Write test procedures and scripts that automate measurements and data analysis
• Drive hardware anomalies to root cause and close out corrective actions
• Write complete design reports, ICDs, and test procedures

Required qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field
• 2–5+ years of hands-on electrical hardware experience
• At least one piece of hardware you designed, built, or tested end-to-end
• Solid fundamentals in analog and digital circuits
• Embedded experience to work with microcontrollers and common communication buses
• Schematic capture experience in Altium, KiCad, or a similar tool
• Comfort on the bench with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and power supplies
• Some experience working with an external supplier or contractor

Nice to have

• KiCad
• Hardware that has flown, or a full program cycle in space, aerospace, UAV, or another high-reliability field
• Exposure to environmental testing: vibration, shock, and thermal vacuum
• Familiarity with circuit design in LTspice or related simulation platforms such as SIMetrix/SIMPLIS, PLECS, or Qspice
• Power electronics or battery system experience
• Wire harness design and fabrication
• Range across mechanical, electrical, and embedded work

Benefits

• Equity
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage
• Health and wellness stipend
• 4 weeks paid time off
• 2 weeks sick leave
• Parental leave
• 401(k) matching

Before you apply

• Candidates 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 the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of Sta
• This position is subject to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

About the company

Overview Energy is a mission-driven team building satellites in geosynchronous orbit to redirect solar energy to terrestrial solar projects. The company is headquartered in the Northern Virginia / Washington, DC area.