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Principal Electrical Engineer

Chantilly, VA (NOVA-11)💼 Full-time💰 $220,000–$220,000🗓 2026-08-10 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead Electrical Engineer responsible for full-cycle PCB design, system electrical design, and hardware development for spacecraft and space systems.

Role type

Senior IC Lead Electrical Engineer (Space Systems)

Builds

Spacecraft and space systems electrical subsystems

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Space Hardware

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Full-cycle PCB design, high-speed digital design, precision analog design, RF design, ultra-low power design, FPGA design, MCU/CPU integration, E-CAD tools (Altium Designer), root cause analysis, design review leadership

Preferred skills

MIL-STD-810 qualification, MIL-STD-461 EMC, CubeSat design (LEO/GEO), cryptographic equipment design

Technologies

Altium Designer, Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, MIPI CSI-2, FPGA, MCU, CPU

Responsibilities

Collect requirements and perform schematic design for spacecraft systems, supervise or complete PCB layout, conduct bring-up, test, and debug, lead team in establishing design guidelines and best practices, perform cross-discipline design reviews, conduct low-level firmware development for bring-up and test

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership

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