Electrical Engineer, Digital Design

The role

You will lead the design and development of high speed mixed signal electronics for large, high-power satellites. You will own core compute electronics for the Mega Class satellite and develop high speed digital electronics systems.

What you will do

• Design electronics PCBAs for spacecraft including architecture, component selection, circuit board design, board bring up and debugging
• Qualify designs through environmental testing including vibration, shock, thermal, and thermal vacuum testing
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to integrate designs into spacecraft systems and operate hardware in flight
• Develop test equipment, development PCBAs, and test scripts

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field
• Experience designing PCBAs using MII, multi-GHz SerDes (JESD204), DRAM (DDR4), and/or Ethernet

Nice to have

• Experience designing multi-layer PCBAs in Altium for high-speed digital applications
• Experience with digital processors, FPGAs, memory chips, or network switches
• Experience with computers and programming languages (Python, Rust, C/C++)
• Experience with component selection for use in radiation environments
• Experience with environmental testing for space electronics such as thermal testing, vibration testing, TVAC testing, shock testing, radiation testing, and EMI/EMC testing
• Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role on fast-paced projects

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Many other perks

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown for missions from LEO to deep space. The company is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms and is a high-growth Series D-funded company.