As a Spacecraft Electronics Engineer at Spire, you will design and integrate custom components for our next‑generation satellite platform.
What You’ll Do:
* Electrical design of spacecraft electronics, including requirement gathering, architecture and detailed design.
* Component selection and circuit‑level design and simulation.
* Schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer.
* Power supply and power‑monitoring circuit design.
* Design verification through circuit simulations, including worst‑case analysis.
* Signal and power‑integrity simulation and analysis.
* Peer review of schematics and layouts.
* Board bring‑up, validation and debugging.
* Assisting the validation and qualification process for testing new and existing systems.
Key Skills:
* Electronics theory, component knowledge, and analogue/digital circuitry expertise.
* Board design including schematic capture and PCB layout with DFM principles.
* Experience with FPGA (Zynq MPSoC, RFSoC or similar) for high‑speed digital signal processing.
* High‑speed digital layout design practices and SI tools.
* Digital communication interfaces (I2C, SPI, CAN, UART, USB, RS485, RS422, SpaceWire, PCIe, Gbit Ethernet).
* Rigid, Flex and Rigid‑Flex PCB design.
* Strong debugging experience and fault identification.
* Lab equipment proficiency (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, spectrum analyzers, VNAs).
Preferred Skills:
* Design for IPC‑6012DS Class 3A or ECSS‑Q‑ST‑70‑12C/60C compliance.
* High‑power electronic design and thermal management.
* Use of SI tools like Hyperlynx.
* Space application environmental and reliability requirements.
* FPGA programming (Verilog, VHDL).
* Embedded and DSP programming (C/C++, microcontrollers, DSP).
* EMI/EMC design and enclosure shielding.
Spire operates a hybrid work model; this position requires a minimum of three days per week in the office.
Access to US export‑controlled software and/or technology may be required. Spire will arrange the necessary licenses.
About Spire
Spire Global is a space‑to‑cloud analytics company that owns and operates the largest multi‑purpose constellation of satellites, providing advanced maritime, aviation, and weather tracking worldwide.
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We are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.
All candidates who receive a conditional offer will be required to complete a background check that may include criminal history and employment verification.
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