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Electrical Engineer (Digital), All Levels

Impulse· Avionics
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Redondo Beach$145k - $240kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Electrical Engineer (Digital) responsible for architecture, design, and bringup of custom digital boards for software defined radios, collaborating with RF, mechanical, and software teams across spacecraft electronics development including architecture to flight operations.

Responsibilities

  • Design and bring up high speed digital systems supporting software defined radios
  • Contribute to new spacecraft RF architecture trades
  • Develop circuit boards (schematic and layout) for spacecraft, with an emphasis on digital electronics
  • Perform rigorous analyses and simulations of digital devices and systems
  • Perform development testing of hardware in the lab, from single digital designs to entire RF systems
  • Derive digital hardware design requirements from system-level specifications
  • Own hardware through qualification and flight operations
  • Establish and maintain high technical standards and mentor less experienced engineers
  • Improve existing products throughout their lifecycle by troubleshooting issues, performing failure analysis of parts and systems, and implementing improvements

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • 5+ years professional experience designing digital electronics
  • Proficiency with electronics component selection, analysis, simulation, schematics, and layout
  • Knowledge of digital circuit design concepts including signal integrity, timing, etc.
  • Strong electrical engineering fundamentals
  • Experience troubleshooting electronics problems at the board level or system level
  • Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale, and resolve concerns
  • Familiarity with high speed digital simulation software, such as Hyperlynx, Sigrity, SiWave, ADS, or similar

Skills

Required:Digital electronics designSchematic and PCB layoutHigh-speed digital simulation
Nice to have:Radiation-tolerant digital design (preferred)

Benefits

  • Stock options
  • Medical, vision & dental coverage
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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