K2 Space · 1 month ago
Senior Electrical Engineer, High Speed Mixed Signal
Los Angeles, CA, US
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$140K/yr - $200K/yr
5+ years expK2 Space is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, and they are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design and development of high-speed mixed signal electronics for their groundbreaking satellite systems. The role involves collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to prototype and refine designs for use in satellite communications and ensuring successful operation through rigorous testing and production support.
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U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design and develop mixed signal and high speed digital hardware, including architecture definition, component selection, schematic capture, PCB (printed circuit board) layout, bringup, and documentation
Complete ownership of the successful operation of high speed mixed signal electronics to be used on spacecraft RF systems
Qualify your designs through environmental testing including vibration, shock, thermal, thermal vacuum, and radiation testing
Support your product through production and spaceflight
Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to integrate your designs into the spacecraft system
Act as technical leader and subject-matter expert helping to teach, grow, and mentor others in the team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field
5+ years of experience with full cycle development of mixed signal PCBAs for RF applications using microprocessors, FPGAs, multi-GHz SerDes (JESD204), DRAM (DDR4), Ethernet, SPI, ADCs, operational amplifiers, and power supplies
5+ years of full design lifecycle experience with SDR hardware development, including high speed RF data converters (digital to analog and analog to digital converters), clock trees, and data converter interfaces
5+ years of experience with mixed signal performance characterization, validation, and debugging (error vector magnitude EVM testing, spur analysis, electromagnetic interference and compliance EMI/EMC)
Experience with multilayer PCB design in Altium or similar PCB design tools
Ability to work in a fast-paced and high velocity start-up atmosphere
Preferred
Experience with component selection for use in radiation environments
Experience with computers and programming languages (Python, Rust, C/C++)
Knowledge of RF digital communications and digital signal processing (DSP) concepts such as modulation types
Demonstrated ability to work in a highly cross-functional role on fast-paced projects
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off
Medical/dental/vision coverage
Life insurance
Paid parental leave
And many other perks
Company
K2 Space
Office design, fit out, refurbishment and furniture company
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
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Geoff Osman
Managing director
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