Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Support the full life cycle of flight electronics design, analysis, manufacture, and test, as a senior member of the Electrical Engineering team.Lead individual subsystem design and project efforts while coordinating with relevant cross-functional stakeholders.Perform electrical design, including schematic, parts selection and layout, for spacecraft electronics subsystems (e.g. avionics, solar arrays, batteries, payloads, subsystems and harnessing).Perform analysis to demonstrate performance, survivability and optimization of electrical designs.Provide guidance to junior level engineers as needed.Perform other professional duties as assigned.Requirements

Required Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related.7+ years of relevant experience developing high reliability electronics.Experience in digital and analog mixed signal circuit design, including high speed.Full stack Schematic capture and PCB layout in Altium.Experience developing firmware for embedded systems (e.g. microcontrollers, FPGAs).Familiarity with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic and spectrum analyzers, thermal chambers, and current probes.

Preferred Qualifications

RF Circuit design, analysis and testingExperience with 3D EM solvers, such as CST Studio or Ansys HFSSScripting languages such as PythonFamiliarity with communication protocols such as SPI, RS-422 and RS-485.Knowledge of DCDC switcher design and implementation.Hands on PCB prototyping and rework.Excellent communications skills, ability and desire to work collaboratively in a team environment, and willingness to guide more junior engineers as needed.Comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced development environment.Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $120000.00 - $220000.00/yr.

Benefits include medical, dental and vision, life insurance, paid vacation and sick time, 3% 401K contribution (no matching required), company events.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Santa Barbara,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 25, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

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