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Electrical Engineering Team Lead

San Francisco💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-09-30 → 2026-10-01

Core

Lead a team of electrical engineers to design, build, and operate compute, networking, and power distribution systems for geo-synchronous spacecraft.

Role type

Senior IC Electrical Engineering Team Lead

Builds

In-house hardware and systems for satellite compute, networking, and power distribution

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Communications

Required skills

Analog/mixed-signal circuit design, Hardware design from concept to production, Team management, Board bring-up and debugging, Component selection, Third-party supplier management

Preferred skills

Signal conditioning, Sensors, Electro-mechanical actuators, Power switches, Embedded computers, FPGAs, Microcontrollers, Communication schemes (RS-485, SPI, Ethernet, I2C), C/C++/Python, Radiation effects knowledge, Environmental test experience

Technologies

FPGAs, Microcontrollers, RS-485, SPI, Ethernet, I2C, C, C++, Python

Responsibilities

Manage and grow a team of junior and senior electrical engineers, Define spacecraft compute, networking, and power distribution requirements and architectures, Oversee design, build, and implementation of in-house hardware and systems, Manage detailed schedule for hardware development, Drive hardware design, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board bring-up, and debugging, Own technical relationship with third-party component suppliers, Support recruiting and hiring for the avionics components team

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership

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