Senior Electrical Engineer

BlackSky • Tukwila, WA

27d • Hybrid

About The Position

BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company that operates a space-based intelligence platform providing satellite imagery, automated analytics, and high-frequency monitoring. The Senior Electrical Engineer will be a key contributor to the design and development of the power subsystem throughout all phases of system development. This role also supports the design, development, and production of space electronics through the entire product lifecycle. Responsibilities include deriving and maintaining system requirements, participating in component selections and trade studies, interfacing with suppliers, and supporting design reviews. The engineer will also own and maintain power budgets and simulations for low earth orbit spacecraft. Additionally, they will create and review electrical designs, schematics, layouts, and simulations for analog and digital systems, and provide general electrical engineering expertise to solve design challenges during all phases of satellite development and operation. This position reports to the Director, Electrical Engineering and is a hybrid role based in Tukwila, WA.

Requirements

• Bachelors of Science (or greater) degree in Electrical Engineering or Embedded Systems
• 6+ years of experience delivering digital and/or analog embedded hardware
• Proficiency in designing spacecraft power system concepts from contract level requirements and Concepts of Operations (CONOPS)
• Familiarity with building Power Budgets for LEO spacecraft and first principals knowledge regarding battery and photovoltaic technology
• Familiarity with designing system validation plans for electric power subsystems.
• Extensive experience developing electronics hardware for space and/or other highly demanding environments (temperature, reliability, radiation, etc.)
• Proficiency in performing schematic capture, perform/oversee layout, and supporting manufacturing at external EMS vendors
• Familiarity with managing and reviewing existing in-house and subcontractor designs/subassemblies
• Proficiency with: troubleshooting and diagnosis of electronics, debug and board bringup, and system level testing methodologies
• Proficiency with Altium or similar tools for circuit design/schematic capture and library management
• A passion for technology and rapid execution of sophisticated space missions
• Must be a U.S. Person

Nice To Haves

• 2-3 years experience with power systems (including battery) design and testing
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.) or similar tools in an agile development process
• Familiarity with modern requirements management tools (JAMA, DOORS, etc.)
• Familiarity with enterprise MRP/ERP systems
• Famliiarity with Product Assurance best practices for aerospace electronics
• Familiarity with SIMPLIS/SIMetrix electronics modeling

Responsibilities

• Be a subject matter expert for the electrical subsystem design for smallsat spacecraft
• Champion all phases of electrical subsystem development: design, integration, test, operations, and maintenance
• Develop and maintain system deliverables such as Power Budgets, System EICDs, and Power Simulations
• Support design reviews to ensure requirements and interface compliance
• Work with mission architects, systems engineers, and program managers to derive and maintain meaningful requirements
• Create and review system-level electrical design documents (e.g. flight harnesses, interconnect diagrams, grounding schemes)
• Work closely with external providers of electronics to review designs, identify and resolve issues and develop integration and test approaches
• Work with integration testers to develop test plans that ensure adequate testing of units and the complete system
• Support a unit production line by being an electrical subject matter expert for issues that may occur
• Support design updates of existing space electronics units by performing component selection and running electrical analyses and simulations

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
• BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
• 15 days of PTO
• 11 Company holidays
• four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date)
• one day of paid volunteerism leave per year
• parental leave
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
• Employer matching donations
• Professional development
• Awesome swag

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior