Wardstone

Compensation

Full Description

We are looking for a hands-on Electrical Engineer to lead the development of high-reliability electronics for our interceptor prototypes and future VLEO satellites. You will own everything from board-level design to power systems, sensor integration, EMI/EMC, and flight hardware integration. Expect to work directly with founders, integrate components, run tests, and ship hardware that flies and intercepts targets. If you’re excited by high-stakes engineering, rapid prototyping, and pushing physics boundaries, we are going to get along great! What You’ll Do Electrical Design & Prototyping Design, simulate, and develop PCBs for sensing, actuation, power, and avionics. Own schematic capture, layout, DFM, component selection, and vendor interaction. Develop high-reliability power systems (DC-DC, battery systems, protection circuits, transient management). Sensor and Actuator Solutions Integrate IR cameras, Radar, IMUs, GNSS, rad-hard components, and electromechanical actuators. Develop signal-conditioning circuits, sensor fusion interfaces, and low-latency sensing+actuation to enable the autopilot to control the vehicle. Flight Hardware & Harsh-Environment Design Perform thermal, vibration, and shock analysis for >100km altitude environments. Support hardware qualification: TVAC, vibe, EMI/EMC, and high-G ground testing. Embedded & System Integration Collaborate closely with embedded software engineers on microcontroller architectures, drivers, and electrical-firmware interfaces. Bring-up, debug, test, and iterate hardware in the lab using scopes, logic analyzers, DAQs, etc. Execution & Ownership Write requirements, test plans, and documentation. Take hardware from concept → prototype → test → flight-ready. Rapid debugging and converging on functional+performant solutions. Required Qualifications B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field. Strong experience with PCB design tools (KiCad, Altium, or similar). Hands-on prototyping experience: soldering, rework, bring-up, rapid iteration. Experience integrating sensors, mixed-signal electronics, or power systems. Comfort with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and test equipment. Strong fundamentals in circuit analysis, signal integrity, noise, grounding, and EMI/EMC. Ability to own hardware end-to-end: design, build, test, debug, iterate. US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED Nice to Haves Experience with IR cameras, high-speed digital buses, or RF systems. Background in aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomous systems, automotive, or satellites. Knowledge of high-G design, radiation effects, or space-environment electronics. Embedded firmware experience (C/C++, STM32/Teensy/PIC/ESP32, RTOS). Familiarity with power systems, motor drives, or actuator control. Experience with MIL-STD-461, DO-160, or NASA/ESA flight hardware standards.