Electro-Optical Engineer (All levels)
Impulse Space · Redondo Beach, CA
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About the role
Description
As an Avionics Electrical Engineer, you will design and test custom circuit boards and other avionics devices that power Electra, our electric propulsion system. You will work directly with software engineers, propulsion engineers, GNC engineers, and others. You will contribute to all aspects of spacecraft electronics development, from designing new circuit boards to testing, debugging, integrating onto space vehicles, and operating in space.
Responsibilities
- Develop 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
- Act as the Responsible Engineering authority for your hardware, owning your design from board bring-up and debugging in the lab through qualification and flight operations
- Define hardware interfaces and verify requirements
- Partner with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, propulsion, and test teams
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Proficiency with 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 electronics problems at the board level
- Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or
resolve concerns
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 3+ years of experience developing spaceflight avionics
- Demonstrated experience with Altium Designer
- Demonstrated experience doing new development and hands-on work for any of the following: power converters, load switches, engine controllers, processors, or any other specialized area relevant to spacecraft or rockets
- Experience in a startup or agile development environment
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
About Impulse Space
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
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