Electrical Engineer

The role

You will design, integrate, and test electrical hardware for spacecraft bus and payload systems. You will work on electrical systems from concept to launch.

What you will do

• Design and develop high reliability electrical systems and PCBs for satellite devices
• Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test
• Perform PCB troubleshooting and root cause analysis down to component level
• Work on satellite harness definitions and fabrication processes
• Prepare fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, BOMs, and general documentation
• Maintain and update requirements and design documentation throughout the entire system life cycle
• Maintain effective communication with all cross-functional groups

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 2+ years of hardware development experience in PCB board design and layout and electronic system prototyping and validation
• Proficiency with design tools for schematic capture
• Comfortable working in the lab with oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, and logic analyzers
• Strong technical ability and creativity
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret and/or a TS/SCI clearance

Nice to have

• Passion for space and curiosity for electronics in high-reliability applications
• Experience developing fundamentally new hardware, not just incrementally updating legacy hardware
• Experience with circuit simulation tools such as LTSpice
• Soldering skills on surface mount and thru-hole components
• Experience with switching power supply design
• Experience with system verification and validation
• Embedded systems and microcontroller implementation and programming
• Experience with common communication busses (I2C, SPI, UART, RS-422/485, CAN, USB, 1000BASE-T, PCIe)
• Understanding of analog, high speed, and differential signal routing
• Experience with high performance digital processors, FPGAs, memory chips, or network switches

Benefits

• Company stock
• Equity in Turion Space
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
• 401(k) plan with a 3% Employer Direct Contribution
• Generous vacation days, personal days, sick days, and holidays
• Paid parental leave
• No-cost Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Internal training, workshops, and courses
• Regular social events, team outings, and company-sponsored activities

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret and/or a TS/SCI clearance

About the company

Turion is developing the critical infrastructure of the space economy by building vertically integrated hardware and software. They build spacecraft to secure Earth and expand humanity’s reach beyond it.