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CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Component Engineer to join its product development team. The company develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.
In this role, you will lead parts and component selection, qualification, failure root-cause analysis, standardization, vendor evaluations, and performance verification efforts for high-reliability electronics used in commercial space applications. You will serve as CesiumAstro's technical representative with customers to define testing and qualification requirements for all EEE (Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical) parts.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing all aspects of high-reliability EEE parts selection, standardization, qualification, and performance verification
- Developing a roadmap for state-of-the-art components and working with the engineering design team on product upgrade strategies that balance cost and schedule
- Providing EEE part expertise and support on aerospace programs, reviewing customer documents and aligning needs with product lines
- Evaluating components for compliance with industry requirements (EEE-INST-002, AEC, TOR, JEDEC, and others)
- Authoring parts plans and process definition documents for internal and external use
- Writing and reviewing Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) to component-level procurement and test control documents
- Developing process improvements for streamlined component-level ECO review and adjudication
- Building and maintaining relationships with space part suppliers
- Reviewing screening and test data from manufacturers and test laboratories for compliance with specifications and contracts
- Interfacing with design engineers, reliability engineers, and quality engineers on risk mitigation and product development review efforts
- Preparing Non-Standard Parts Approval Requests (NSPARs) and Source Control Drawings (SCDs)
- Performing bill-of-materials cost analysis, components research, obsolescence mitigation, and supplier audits
This is a hands-on role in a dynamic startup environment with opportunities for growth into technical leadership or broader functional management roles.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
- Minimum 5 years of relevant prior experience as a component engineer
- Knowledge of component selection, qualification, screening, and derating for military and aerospace applications
- Familiarity with management of new part requests, part objects, and part attributes in a Product Lifecycle Management System
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong desire to change an industry and disrupt incumbent players
- Sense of urgency with ability to work independently under agile development timelines
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Direct experience with parts plans for high-volume satellite constellations, evaluating parts screening and qualification in the context of high-volume constellation performance
- Participation in failure analysis investigations of defective components and authoring failure analysis reports
- Knowledge and working familiarity with key reliability analyses for space mission hardware (prediction, derating)
- Knowledge of EEE component manufacturing processes
- Experience with a breadth of electronic component types, including RF devices and FPGAs
NOTE: Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State due to U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations.
