Holt Executive are partnered with a US based New Space company who in a joint venture with their European counterparts, develop mission specific spacecraft and constellation designs.
Officially founded in 2024, this venture is a significant milestone in the group’s strategic expansion. Backed by over 0m raised in 2024, this venture is poised to launch their first satellites in 2025.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer to support the development of next-generation avionics for both LEO and GEO spacecraft.
Key Responsibilities for the Senior Electrical Engineer:
- Work with the wider electrical team, and with partner engineers to develop next-generation avionics for LEO and GEO spacecraft.
- Design, architect, and develop space hardware from concept through testing and delivery.
- Play a role in part/component selection and radiation tests at US and European facilities for IC and board-level tests.
- Creation of radiation test circuits for IC-level tests.
- Board bring-up and debugging using lab equipment.
- Test set ups at both board and satellite levels for functional, integration, and environmental testing.
- The design of harnesses, harness drawings, and work with third parties and vendors on procurement.
- Interface with contract manufacturers for PCB fabrication, board assembly, harness builds, and box-level builds.
- Work closely with the integration and test team for the build of qualification and prototype flight spacecraft.
Key Skills & Experience for the Senior Electrical Engineer:
- A degree in Electrical Engineering, with 8 years of relevant experience.
- Proven experience with schematic and layout in Altium.
- Experience in the design for space/radiation environments.
- Simulation experience using LTSPICE.
- Electrical Systems Engineering experience.
- Experience with low-speed interfaces.
- Experience in designing with FPGAs, DDR4, ADCs, & PCIe NVM.
Bonus Experience:
- Scripting (Python) in order to amend and extend test scripts.
- Experience with the design-for-manufacturing.
- FPGA programming experience (VHDL/Verilog).
- Experience programming with C or C++.
The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
This opportunity is an onsite position in Boulder, Colorado.
