Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Firefly Aerospace•Cedar Park, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Firefly Aerospace is seeking a hands-on Senior Electrical Engineer to design and develop circuit cards for a common avionics platform used across launch vehicles and spacecraft. The position covers end-to-end circuit card development, including schematic capture, PCB layout, component selection, electrical simulations, and rapid prototyping for flight and qualification. The engineer will contribute features to the avionics platform, perform technical trade studies and requirements work, collaborate across engineering teams, and lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis. The role is based in Cedar Park, Texas, in a collaborative, high-velocity development environment.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering or equivalent.
At least 5 years of hands-on PCB design, hardware development, and integration experience.
Strong schematic capture and layout skills for digital, analog, and power circuits.
Competence in end-to-end definition, requirement generation, block-diagram design, component selection, and circuit simulations.
Experience with component selection, circuit simulation and analysis, and electrical troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
Experience using test equipment to verify component and circuit functionality.
Excellent organizational skills and experience working with vendors.
Ability to work well with others, be proactive, and execute with minimal guidance.
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations, to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with Altium or a similar PCB design tool.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end circuit card development, including schematic capture and layout for complex digital, analog, and power designs, EEE component selection, electrical simulations, and rapid prototyping for flight and qualification.
Develop features and functionality for the common avionics platform used across launch vehicles and spacecraft applications.
Perform technical trade studies, requirement capture, and conceptual and detailed design activities for new and existing designs.
Collaborate with systems, mechanical, software, and test engineering teams to develop integrated, high-performance hardware.
Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis using standard test equipment and drive issues to closure.
Understand and implement aerospace guidelines for the development and design of electronic assemblies.