Electrical Engineer II
Orbit Fab
Orbit Fab's mission is to create the foundational infrastructure that will fuel a bustling in-space economy, capable of sustaining permanent jobs in space.
Today, satellites cannot be refueled, which severely constrains their mobility and inhibits the development of economic activities in space.
Orbit Fab breaks the single-use paradigm, pioneering our Gas Stations in Space™ refueling infrastructure and RAFTI™ technology to deliver propellant in space, enabling lower-cost satellite construction, increased maneuverability, precise control, and extended lifespans. The possibilities are unprecedented, opening the doors to unimagined operational strategies and business models.
Since our establishment in 2018, we have already achieved the successful launch of three tankers to space. With offices in both the US and UK, we are working in close collaboration with partners and customers across the space industry. Orbit Fab is rapidly ramping up capabilities and requires exceptional talent to tackle important challenges. Our roles offer wide ranging opportunities to have a demonstrable impact and enable a bustling in space economy.
Orbit Fab likes to move fast, break barriers, and change the way space missions work. We're looking for the best minds, backed by a practical can-do attitude. We describe here the skills, qualifications, and responsibilities that we need to have as a team. Aptitude for complex technical challenges and practical experience is key. Your days will consist of electrical avionics hardware design, development, test, and production support to enable an on-orbit propellant supply for the 21st century of space innovation. As an engineer at Orbit Fab, you’ll exercise your practical problem solving for complex space systems. A strong candidate will call upon a breadth of experience developing systems under-budget and on time.
We describe here the skills, qualifications, and responsibilities that we need to have as a team. You don't need all of them. Your aptitude for complex technical challenges and your practical experience designing/building/coding stuff will trump specific qualification or tools any day!
You bring years of knowledge and passion for the following disciplines to the team:
- Circuit Board Schematic Capture and Layout
- High Reliability Circuit Design and Analysis
- Considerations for Electronics Operating in Space Environments
- Space Systems Engineering (specifically, experience across both Big and Small space missions at a variety of institutions).
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Define, review, and critique engineering processes.
- Technical decision-making processes and technical development across various space systems disciplines.
- Guide electrical engineering designs and facilitate technical trades across the system.
- Identify technical issues and proactively implement resolutions to mitigate schedule and cost impacts.
- Design, test and fly electrical and avionics systems across Orbit Fab's projects
- Specific tasks may Include:
- Circuit/board design
- Board bring up
- Rapid prototyping for test
- Work with firmware engineers to co-develop microcontroller firmware
- EEE parts stress and derating analysis
- Hardware in the loop testing
- Electronics integration onto a payload
- Contribute technical knowledge around electrical engineering to other groups outside of Electrical Engineering
- Monitor and adhere to efficient program budgets, schedules, and resource plans.
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, AND CHARACTERISTICS:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, physics, mathematics, or other related discipline.
- 4+ years of experience in electronics design, development, or test across multiple projects/programs. Alternatively, several years of experience specifically on aerospace avionics or electrical engineering works too!
- Experience taking a product from concept phase through prototyping, production, and operation.
- A familiarity and appreciation for the multiple spacecraft engineering disciplines, how they interact and what effects them, gained through participating or collaborating with them on engineering projects.
- Experience with key mission design, detailed analysis, and engineering management tools: Altium, LTSpice, JIRA or JIRA-like tools (Asana) and requirements tools like JAMA or Valispace.
- You share our appreciation for a diversity of thoughts, backgrounds and experiences, helping us all learn from each other and make smarter decisions.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to travel (<10% time expected)
WE'LL BE EXCITED IF YOU HAVE:
- Masters, Ph.D., or other advanced degree in engineering, physics, math, or related discipline.
- Experience with both low and high budget space system development.
- Experience or flight design heritage on LEO and/or GEO missions, especially radiation design of boards for these environments.
- Experience or flight design heritage with spacecraft and spacecraft subsystem design.
- Experience with spacecraft and subsystem environment definition (radiation, thermal, EMI/EMC, etc.) and design approaches (at LEO, GEO, and Deep Space).
- Experience with Spacecraft propulsion systems and pressure systems.
- Experience with Level 2 Spacecraft Design/EEE-INST-002 or similar standards for spacecraft design
- Experience with spacecraft and spacecraft subsystem fabrication, assembly, and test; understanding of qualification, acceptance, and proto-flight verification approaches.
- Previous experience working in a multi-disciplinary team.
The estimated salary range for this position is $100,000-120,000
Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Orbit Fab, we value respectful debate and people who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. We strongly encourage you to apply if you feel you would succeed in the role above.
Location and Benefits
Orbit Fab is based out of Lafayette, Colorado and all roles are based in Colorado. We offer fully covered benefits, discretionary time off, and flexible work hours.
Eligibility
Some job roles may be limited to US Persons (22 CFR 120.62 “U.S. person”).
Orbit Fab Inc does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.