Founding Electrical Engineer

Founding Electrical Engineer Boulder, COOur client are a new exciting Space startup looking for a Lead Electrical Engineer to take ownership of the electrical architecture and hardware development of our space drones from the ground up. This is a full lifecycle role. You won’t inherit a mature spacecraft electrical system or own one small piece of a larger program. You’ll take hardware from a blank sheet through architecture, design, build, integration, qualification and ultimately flight. What You’ll Own: Own the electrical development of their space drones across the full spacecraft lifecycle Define the vehicle electrical architecture from the ground up, including component selection, interfaces, power and avionics integration Take electrical hardware from initial requirements and architecture through detailed design, prototyping, build, test, qualification and flight Select and qualify COTS hardware, balancing performance, reliability, cost and speed of development Work hands-on with hardware, including building, debugging and troubleshooting electrical systems Own electrical integration across the vehicle, working closely with flight software, GNC, autonomy and mechanical engineering Develop and execute electrical test and validation strategies for both individual hardware and the integrated vehicle Help build a comprehensive but lean engineering development unit (EDU) that allows the team to rapidly integrate, test and iterate on spacecraft hardware Drive hardware readiness and own electrical go/no-go decisions for integration and deployment

If you’ve owned spacecraft electrical hardware across the full development lifecycle and want the responsibility of taking a vehicle from a blank sheet of paper through build, qualification and ultimately into orbit, we’d like to hear from you.