Principal Electrical Engineer

Principal Electrical Engineer

Denver, CO

Our exciting Space client in Denver are looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer with a strong background across Digital and Mixed-Signal Electronics Design

In this role you will have the opportunity to start at concept development and progress through detailed design, analysis, layout, build, test, and delivery, doing hands-on work at each phase.

The Principal level also includes technical leadership opportunities, gaining responsibility for critical designs and teams of engineers developing new products and systems..

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own end-to-end design of complex electronics modules and systems, from concept and architecture through schematic, layout, test, and production.
• This role focuses on high-speed digital or mixed-signal hardware development. Product lines include state-of-the-art software-defined radios (SDRs) and single-board computers (SBCs) for space and airborne applications.
• Lead teams of hardware engineers to develop new products with multiple electronics modules.
• Provide subject matter expertise in support of digital and mixed-signal hardware development across the company.
• Develop hardware architecture and write hardware requirements for systems of high complexity.
• Perform detailed and complete schematic design for complex boards, ranging from key components to supporting passives.
• Perform detailed PCB layout in Altium Designer for complex boards, often working with a PCB Drafter.
• Complete analysis such as worst-case circuit analysis, signal integrity analysis, and power integrity analysis. Guide analysis methodology.
• Develop bring-up plans and design verification plans for new hardware and complex systems.
• Perform bring-up and key verification testing of modules and complex integrated systems, often working with a team to complete validation.
• Release modules and assemblies to production, working with the Manufacturing and Test Engineering teams.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• 9 years of industry or university research experience in board-level electronics design, analysis, and test.
• Direct experience designing high-reliability electronics and small systems for space or defense applications, including part derating, worst-case analysis, and thermal constraints.
• Expertise in delivering high-speed digital and/or mixed-signal electronics with processors, large FPGAs, SerDes links, and high-speed ADCs.
• Expertise in engineering verification and validation of high-speed digital and/or mixed-signal hardware.
• Experience owning the design phase of complex board-level electronics and small hardware systems, including architecture design, trade studies, key part selection, and detailed design.
• Multiple experiences delivering hardware products through production and deployment.
• Expertise in PCB layout and manufacturing, including high-density interconnect (HDI) stackup design, IPC standards, and industry best practices.
• Expertise derisking designs with board-level signal integrity and power integrity simulation tools such as Ansys SIwave, ADS SIPro, or Mentor Hyperlynx.
• Expert-level proficiency in electronics design tools such as Altium.
• Extensive lab experience for bring-up and verification of new hardware, based on in-depth understanding of specialized lab equipment.

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE:

• Experience leading teams of hardware engineers to develop multi-module assemblies, including hardware architecture, requirements, and interconnects.
• Design for space radiation environments, including designing rad-tolerant computer modules.

If you are interested then please apply today.