Electrical Engineer

Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation•San Luis Obispo, CA

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Ecliptic is hiring Electrical Engineers at its San Luis Obispo facility to design, develop, test, and deliver high-reliability electronics for space applications. The role is part of a small hardware engineering team, with scope and responsibilities growing according to experience level. The company is hiring from recent-graduate through senior levels and will match the role to the candidate’s qualifications. The work spans circuit-board design from requirements and schematic capture through fabrication, bring-up, test, and system integration. Engineers collaborate with PCB layout designers and cross-functional engineering teams, document designs and engineering records, contribute to design reviews, and communicate project status, risks, and estimates. The role may also involve mentoring and directing technicians and interns on test and laboratory work. Applicants must meet applicable US Government space technology export-control eligibility requirements: be a US citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 USC 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorization from the US Department of State.

Requirements

BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, or completion of the degree by the start date.
Schematic-capture experience with an ECAD tool.
Hands-on laboratory skills with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, and electronic loads.
Ability to read, understand, and write specifications and test procedures.
Good written and oral communication skills.
For EE II and Senior levels: at least one board design taken through fabrication, bring-up, and test.
For EE II and Senior levels: experience designing high-speed digital boards, including FPGA-based designs.
For EE II and Senior levels: working knowledge of PCB fabrication and assembly processes and related aerospace industry standards.
For EE II and Senior levels: experience with version control and engineering change processes.
Applicants must meet the stated US Government space technology export-control eligibility requirements.

Nice To Haves

MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
For EE I: hands-on hardware project experience, such as a student satellite, rocketry, robotics, or senior project.
Experience with AMD Xilinx FPGA-based systems, including high-speed serial transceivers.
Signal-integrity simulation and measurement experience, such as HyperLynx, IBIS-AMI models, TDR, or eye-diagram analysis.
Experience with VPX, SpaceVPX, or similar backplane-based systems.
Experience with radiation-tolerant component selection and derating.
Experience with space-flight hardware through qualification and delivery.
Power-electronics or point-of-load converter design experience.
Altium Designer experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Design circuit boards from requirements through schematic capture, ensuring electrical and physical specifications meet design requirements.
Work with internal and contracted PCB layout designers on placement, stackup, routing constraints, and design reviews.
Develop drawings and documentation to support PCB fabrication and assembly.
Perform and review power-budget, worst-case, derating, signal-integrity, and power-integrity analyses.
Select and source space-grade and high-reliability components.
Lead board bring-up, debugging, and checkout in the lab; write test procedures and reports.
Support board integration and testing at the chassis and system levels.
Collaborate with system, hardware, FPGA, and software engineers on interfaces, protocols, and system designs.
Document design specifications and implementation details, present at design reviews, and maintain configuration control of engineering records.
Report status, risks, and estimates to complete to project management.
Mentor and direct technicians and interns on test and lab work.