Frontera Search is recruiting an Electronics Engineer for Cubesats.

Specific tasks will include:

• Working in a small, multidisciplinary team to develop solutions for ongoing and future projects;
• Participating in hardware requirements, design, implementation, and testing discussions;
• Schematic design and layout of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) for digital, analogue and basic RF systems;
• Work with board houses to coordinate fabrication and assembly of new designs;
• Board bring-up and test, including in-house soldering of prototypes;
• Develop assembly procedures, test plans, and fabrication documentation;
• Electrical support for spacecraft Assembly, Integration and Test in a cleanroom environment;
• Assessing various project opportunities.

Requirements:

• BS or MS in CPE, EE or equivalent degree required;
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as an electronics engineer, preferably in a satellite avionics design capacity;
• Experience with electronics CAD software for schematic capture and layout;
• Experience using standard electrical test equipment: oscilloscope, power supply, logic analyzer;
• Knowledgeable about common physical layer protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet);
• Working-level understanding of basic RF systems such as modern integrated RF ICs;
• Experience working with flight hardware in a controlled environment (cleanliness and ESD);
• Ability to work methodically in a lab environment to maintain cleanliness and organization;
• Experience with soldering (down to 0402) for prototyping, debug and board modifications as needed;
• Good communication with team members, and ability to provide and receive constructive criticism;
• Professional use of written and oral English language is mandatory.
• Ability to travel and work at partners’ or customenrs’ locations (infrequently).

Preferred:

• Experience with the full development cycle of a CubeSat mission;
• Good connections within the CubeSat community
• Versatility;
• Enjoys outreach activities.