K2 Space-posted 9 days ago
$140,000 - $200,000/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Los Angeles, CA
51-100 employees

K2 Space is building large, high-powered spacecraft for the next generation of space development. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Altimeter Capital, and many others ($200M raised to date), we intend to mass produce the highest-powered satellite platforms ever built for missions across LEO to Deep Space. The rise of launch vehicles like Falcon 9 and Starship enables the move from an era of mass constraint to one of mass abundance. We believe this new era requires spacecraft with a fundamentally different design in order to fully utilize the massive rockets coming to market. We’re a team that believes the future lies in building large, high-powered satellites that can handle multiple orbits. This is a necessity if we ever want to develop the solar system, and become a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a groundbreaking Series B space startup, we’d love for you to apply. You will be responsible for leading the design and development of high speed mixed signal electronics to be hosted on some of the largest, most powerful, rapidly designed and rapidly manufactured satellites ever deployed in space. In your first 6 months, you will architect, develop, test, and integrate new high speed electronics for use in SDR (software defined radio) systems for satellite communications and beyond. You will work with a multidisciplinary team of RF (radiofrequency), FPGA (field programmable gate array), software, mechanical, and electrical engineers in order to prototype your systems and refine your designs. In your first two years, you will have flown your system in space and developed cutting-edge high speed mixed signal electronics systems.

  • Design and develop mixed signal and high speed digital hardware, including architecture definition, component selection, schematic capture, PCB (printed circuit board) layout, bringup, and documentation
  • Complete ownership of the successful operation of high speed mixed signal electronics to be used on spacecraft RF systems
  • Qualify your designs through environmental testing including vibration, shock, thermal, thermal vacuum, and radiation testing
  • Support your product through production and spaceflight
  • Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to integrate your designs into the spacecraft system
  • Act as technical leader and subject-matter expert helping to teach, grow, and mentor others in the team
  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field
  • 5+ years of experience with full cycle development of mixed signal PCBAs for RF applications using microprocessors, FPGAs, multi-GHz SerDes (JESD204), DRAM (DDR4), Ethernet, SPI, ADCs, operational amplifiers, and power supplies
  • 5+ years of full design lifecycle experience with SDR hardware development, including high speed RF data converters (digital to analog and analog to digital converters), clock trees, and data converter interfaces
  • 5+ years of experience with mixed signal performance characterization, validation, and debugging (error vector magnitude EVM testing, spur analysis, electromagnetic interference and compliance EMI/EMC)
  • Experience with multilayer PCB design in Altium or similar PCB design tools
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and high velocity start-up atmosphere
  • Experience with component selection for use in radiation environments
  • Experience with computers and programming languages (Python, Rust, C/C++)
  • Knowledge of RF digital communications and digital signal processing (DSP) concepts such as modulation types
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role on fast-paced projects
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Base salary range for this role is $140,000 - $200,000 + equity in the company
  • Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level
  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks
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