Firefly Space Systems

Hardware Design Engineer I

Firefly Space Systems$70K — $95K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
  • Minimum of 1 year of PCB design and hardware development experience.
  • Proficient in schematic capture and layout for digital, analog, and power circuits; experience with Altium preferred.
  • Skilled in requirement generation and circuit simulations.
  • Familiar with electrical troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
  • Experience with test equipment for circuit functionality verification.
  • Strong organizational skills and vendor management experience.

Responsibilities

  • Own the entire development process of circuit cards, including schematic and layout design.
  • Develop new features for the common avionics platform used in various spacecraft applications.
  • Conduct technical trade studies and capture requirements for design activities.
  • Collaborate with system, mechanical, software, and test engineering teams for integrated designs.
  • Lead troubleshooting efforts using test equipment, resolving issues swiftly.
  • Implement aerospace guidelines in electronic assembly development.

Benefits

  • Generous health, dental, and vision plans with low deductibles.
  • Parental leave.
  • Educational reimbursement opportunities.
  • Short-term disability coverage.
  • Flexible PTO options.
Full Job Description
SUMMARY

Firefly Aerospace is pushing the boundaries of space access with rapid launches and lunar missions. We're looking for a hands-on Electrical Engineer who loves getting deep into circuit design including schematic capture, PCB layout, component selection, simulations, and rapid prototyping. If you're a tinkerer who thrives in fast-paced development cycles, enjoys troubleshooting to root cause, and want to see your boards fly on launch vehicles and spacecraft, this is your role! You'll own designs for our common avionics platform used across vehicles, working in a collaborative, high-velocity environment in Cedar Park, TX

What You'll Do:
  • Own end-to-end circuit card development: schematic capture and layout for complex digital/analog/power designs, EEE component selection, electrical simulations, and rapid prototyping for flight, qualification.
  • Develop new features and functionality as part of the design team for our common avionics platform used across launch vehicles and spacecraft applications.
  • Perform technical trade studies, requirement capture, conceptual and detail design activities for new and existing designs.
  • Work with experts across teams and departments (systems, mechanical, software, test engineering) to develop tightly integrated, high-performance hardware.
  • Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis using standard test equipment, driving issues to closure in a fast-paced setting.
  • Understand and implement aerospace guidelines for development and design of electronic assemblies.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required
  • Bachelor of Science (BS) in electrical engineering or equivalent
  • 1+ years of hands -on PCB design, hardware development, and integration experience.
  • Strong skills in schematic capture and layout for digital, analog, and power circuits; proficiency with Altium (or similar) preferred.
  • Competent at end-to-end definition, requirement generation, block-diagram design, component selection and circuit simulations.
  • Experience with component selection, circuit simulation/analysis, and electrical troubleshooting/root-cause.
  • Experienced 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

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

About Firefly Space Systems

Firefly Space Systems was an American aerospace manufacturer based in Cedar Park, Texas. The company was founded in 2013 with the goal of developing low-cost launch vehicles for the small satellite industry. Firefly's Alpha rocket was designed to carry payloads of up to 1,000 kg to low Earth orbit. The company was acquired by EOS Launcher in 2017 and is now known as Firefly Aerospace. Firefly Aerospace is continuing the development of the Alpha rocket and is also working on a larger rocket called Beta, which is designed to carry payloads of up to 8,000 kg to low Earth orbit. Firefly Aerospace is committed to providing affordable access to space for small satellite operators.
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