Engineering Manager, Digital & Mixed-Signal Hardware
hace 2 días
Westminster
Job DescriptionPlease Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team. We are seeking an Engineering Manager, Digital & Mixed-Signal Hardware to lead and coordinate our high-speed digital electronics teams across multiple sites and product lines. This leadership role is critical to ensuring architectural consistency and high-quality execution across a diverse portfolio of software-defined radios, space computing platforms, and phased array control systems. This position is a highly technical leadership role responsible for delivering well-engineered digital and mixed-signal hardware—on schedule—across all product lines. The role provides technical ownership for board- and system-level high-speed digital designs while leading team execution, staffing, and engineering process maturity in a fast-growing aerospace and defense startup environment. In addition to people and process leadership, this role contributes hands-on technical expertise to critical designs, architecture reviews, and complex debug activities, ensuring products are scalable, manufacturable, testable, and robust at production volumes. JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Maintain technical integrity and engineering excellence for high-speed digital and mixed-signal electronics development across the company., • Establish, mature, scale, and enforce engineer-friendly digital hardware development processes, including high-speed interface design guidelines, signal integrity simulation workflows, and schematic and layout standards for dense, high-layer-count PCBs, • Lead and participate in rigorous architecture and design reviews, ensuring appropriate subject matter expert (SME) engagement across digital, RF, power, firmware, and mechanical disciplines., • Provide system-level technical leadership for software-defined radio and computing units and phased array control architectures., • Apply strong working knowledge of adjacent disciplines—RF electronics, power electronics, thermal/mechanical engineering, firmware/software—to ensure board- and system-level success., • Contribute directly to board-level digital and mixed-signal designs as needed, particularly in high-risk or schedule-critical programs., • Lead or support complex debug efforts involving high-speed interfaces, large FPGA and processor implementations, and related technical topics., • Ensure digital hardware designs are buildable and testable at scale using DFM and DFT best practices., • Drive disciplined handoff from engineering to manufacturing through close collaboration with manufacturing engineering, supply chain, and production test engineering., • Ensure designs meet quality, reliability, and scalability requirements for aerospace and defense production environments., • Lead digital architecture decisions aligned with product performance and long-term technology roadmaps., • Partner with Supply Chain to ensure component availability, lifecycle risk mitigation, and cost awareness., • Drive design reuse, modular architectures, and platform commonality across products to accelerate execution and reduce risk. TEAM LEADERSHIP, STAFFING & PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES, • Build, scale, and lead a high-performing digital and mixed-signal hardware engineering team., • Advocate for realistic schedules while holding the team accountable to delivery commitments., • Lead hiring activities, including writing job descriptions, conducting interviews, and making hire/no-hire decisions., • Establish clear development paths and growth opportunities for high-performing engineers., • Address performance issues promptly and constructively., • Actively close skill gaps through hands-on contribution, training initiatives, or targeted hiring., • Provide one-on-one coaching, mentoring, and deep technical guidance., • Serve as a key contributor to early-stage engineering execution planning, including collaboration with Business Development and Systems Engineering., • Plan and manage budgets related to staffing, lab equipment, capital equipment, and design/simulation software., • Maintain strong working relationships across Engineering, Quality, and Operations. JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering required., • Minimum of 7–9 years of progressive digital or mixed-signal hardware engineering experience, preferably in aerospace environments, including 1–3 years of leadership or engineering management experience preferred., • Demonstrated deep expertise in high-speed digital and mixed-signal board design., • Software-defined radio experience preferred., • Strong understanding of signal integrity (SI) and timing., • Experience supporting design for manufacturability (DFM), design for test (DFT), and transition from development to production., • Proven ability to conduct rigorous technical reviews, mentor engineers, and communicate effectively across disciplines., • Ability to balance architectural rigor with execution speed in a fast-paced development environment., • Proficiency with high-speed simulation and analysis tools such as Ansys SiWave or ADS SiPro., • Hands-on experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium., • Familiarity with product lifecycle management (PLM) systems required., • Familiarity with FPGA toolchains (e.g. Xilinx Vivado) preferred.