Responsibilities
- Define and guide the technical strategy for spacecraft digital and mixed-signal hardware, covering flight computers, payload computing, and interface electronics.
- Supervise, coach, and expand a team of electrical engineers through all phases of PCB and digital system development.
- Manage complete hardware development cycles, from defining requirements to board layout, component selection, bring-up, integration, and qualification testing.
- Establish and uphold design standards, review procedures, and configuration control practices across digital hardware initiatives.
- Lead technical evaluations of system architectures, components, and development methods focused on performance, size, weight, power, cost, reliability, and affordability.
- Shape a forward-thinking vision for avionics computing platforms that scale with evolving spacecraft programs.
- Promote continuous improvements in design-to-delivery processes, identifying inefficiencies as the team grows.
- Oversee timelines, financial budgets, staffing plans, and technical risk across multiple simultaneous hardware projects.
- Coordinate with embedded software, FPGA, cybersecurity, systems engineering, and test teams to ensure full integration of digital hardware, including hardware root of trust implementation.
- Ensure compliance with aerospace and defense standards and lead formal design reviews with internal and external stakeholders.
- Report development progress and technical challenges to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
Work Arrangement
On-site — Denver, CO
Team
Reports to the VP of New Product Engineering
Other
- Must be able to maintain or obtain TS//SCI clearance.
- This role requires on-site presence in Denver, CO, with potential travel to other locations as necessary.
- Work environment includes standard indoor laboratory and office conditions, with controlled noise levels and stable temperatures.
- Physical demands include regular sitting, occasional bending, and lifting up to 20 pounds; driving may be required for site visits.
- The position will remain open until the right candidate is hired.
