Senior Electrical Engineer – Space Hardware

Senior Electrical Engineer – Space HardwareDurham, NC | $130k–$170k + Equity | On-siteEVONA are partnered with an early-stage Space start-up developing a new generation of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites.They've proven their core technology, raised their Seed round and are now moving into the next phase: building the flight hardware for their first satellites.They're still a small team of around 20 people, so this isn't a role where you'll own one circuit on a mature program. They're looking for an Electrical Engineer who can take complex electronics from a blank sheet of paper through schematic, PCB design, build, bring-up and test.You do not need previous satellite or antenna experience.We're interested in engineers coming from aerospace, defence, avionics, radar, RF, robotics, autonomous systems or other high-reliability hardware environments who want to apply that experience to spacecraft.The opportunityYou'll take significant ownership of the electronics that sit behind a novel space-based imaging system, working directly alongside RF, antenna, software and mechanical engineers.That means getting hands-on across:Electrical architecture and component selectionSchematic capture and complex multilayer PCB designMixed-signal, high-speed digital, power and RF-adjacent electronicsPCB stack-ups, grounding, impedance control and signal/power integrityPrototype builds, board bring-up, debugging and troubleshootingEMI/EMC and design for reliabilityHardware integration and system-level testingTaking prototype electronics towards flight-ready hardwareWhat We're Looking For5+ years of hands-on electrical/electronics hardware designProven ownership of multiple PCBs from requirements → schematic → layout → fabrication → bring-up/testStrong experience with Altium, Cadence/OrCAD, KiCad or similarExperience designing complex multilayer PCBsStrong mixed-signal and/or high-speed digital electronics experienceHands-on laboratory experience debugging real hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analysers and other electrical test equipmentComfortable working across disciplines and independently solving hardware problemsExperience building hardware where reliability really mattersExperience with spacecraft, avionics, radar, RF electronics, defence systems, FPGAs, SI/PI, EMI/EMC, radiation, environmental qualification or high-reliability electronics would be particularly valuable — but isn't essential.Why join?This is an opportunity to move out of a large engineering organisation and into an environment where you genuinely own the hardware you design.You'll join early enough to influence the electrical architecture, make key design decisions and follow your boards all the way from initial concept through the lab and ultimately into orbit.As the company grows and builds out its engineering organisation, there is significant scope for your responsibilities to grow with it.Package$130,000–$170,000 base + equity, benefits and relocation supportDurham, North Carolina | Full-time onsite