Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer (Electric Propulsion)

Impulse Space•Redondo Beach, CA

2d•$140,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer at Impulse, you will design and test custom circuit boards and other avionics devices that power Electra, our electric propulsion system. You will own electrical hardware designs and technical decisions, working directly with software engineers, propulsion engineers, GNC engineers, and others. You will contribute to all aspects of spacecraft electronics development, from sub-system requirements definition through circuit-board design, testing, debugging, integrating onto space vehicles, and operating in space.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
5+ years of professional experience developing electrical hardware
Demonstrate expertise in electronic component selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and layout
Knowledge of analog and power circuit design including analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, op-amps, filtering, power and signal integrity, etc.
Hands-on experience troubleshooting complex electronics problems at the board level
Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience with Altium Designer
Demonstrated experience doing new development and hands-on work for any of the following: power converters, analog and digital electronics, load switches, engine controllers, or any other specialized area relevant to spacecraft or rockets
Experience with radiation-tolerant electrical design including component selection, derating, SEE mitigation, and fault-tolerant architecture
Experience in a startup or agile development environment
Experience with Spice and/or SIMPLIS simulation engines

Responsibilities

Independently develop and own circuit boards for spacecraft electric propulsion systems, with an emphasis on actuator drivers and/or power converters
Perform rigorous analyses and simulations of avionics devices and systems including subsystem and circuit-level trade studies, analyses, and simulations to support design decisions
Act as the Responsible Engineering authority for your hardware, owning your design from requirements definition through detailed design, board bring-up and debugging in the lab through qualification and flight operations
Define hardware interfaces, develop verification approaches, and ensure requirements are verified through analysis and test from system-level specifications
Partner with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, propulsion, and test teams
Perform development testing of hardware in the lab, from single electrical designs to entire electrical systems
Conduct design reviews, technical trade studies, and root-cause investigations
Establish and maintain high technical standards and mentor less experienced engineers
Improve existing products throughout their lifecycle by troubleshooting issues, performing failure analysis of parts and systems, and implementing improvements