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ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

SUMMARY

Firefly Avionics Engineers will leverage their experience in designing, developing, and testing RF transmission and communication systems for our launch vehicles and spacecraft systems. Qualified candidates will be responsible for developing the designs, managing procurement and production, developing test requirements and participating in integration and testing throughout the development cycle. You will be part of the avionics team and will work closely and collaborate with all other teams across the company.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and analyze system requirements.
• Work as part of a team to develop and implement Software Defined Radio transceiver architectures for launch vehicles and spacecraft systems.
• Develop RF front end designs operating in microwave frequencies (S, C, X bands) including the design and implementation of baseband digital signal processing algorithms.
• Analyze circuit performance using EM/circuit simulation tools like AWR/Ansys HFSS.
• Design, debug, and test analog and digital circuits using oscilloscopes, network/spectrum analyzers, and signal generators.
• Understand and implement aerospace guidelines for development and design of electronic assemblies.
• Perform EEE component selection, electrical simulations and analyses to support flight, qualification, and test lab PCB assemblies.
• Support board and system level integration activities.
• Develop procurement or production strategies with the help of other team members.
• Work with outside vendors and contractors when necessary to verify/improve performance against design requirements and schedule.
• Support design reviews by presenting design, analysis, and test results, showing component design and manufacturing meets requirements for flight.
• Develop test requirements and work with the Avionics test team to develop test plans and procedures to ensure compliance with design specifications.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in electrical engineering or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years of experience developing PCB assembly design, hardware systems design, and/or integration for RF designs in microwave frequencies.
• Experience working with SDRs and RF communication systems.
• Hands-on experience designing RF front end circuitry including power amplifiers, low- noise amplifiers, switches, mixers, and filter circuits.
• Practical experience with digital signal processing techniques for baseband processing in SDR platforms including various modulation and demodulation techniques, including but not limited to BPSK, QPSK, FSK.
• Experience in model-based simulation tools commonly used in signal processing, such as Python or MATLAB.
• Skilled in schematic capture and PCB layout for digital, analog, and power circuits.
• Competent at end-to-end definition, requirement generation, block-diagram design, component selection and circuit simulations.
• Experience utilizing hardware description languages like Verilog for custom digital interfaces and embedded systems.
• Proficient in design, debug, and testing of RF and analog circuits.
• Excellent organizational skills, and experience working with vendors.
• Experienced with the usage of test equipment to verify component and circuit function.
• Skilled at giving technical presentations to peers, management and external reviewers.
• Ability to work well with others, be proactive, and execute with minimal guidance

Desired

• Proficiency in utilizing SDR design platforms, such as GNU Radio, HackRF, or USRP, for signal analysis, and rapid prototyping.
• Experience designing communication systems in X-band frequencies.
• Knowledge of basic spacecraft subsystems and how avionics integrate and interface with RF communication systems.
• Experience with Altium schematic and PCB design software.
• Knowledge of environmental testing including thermal cycle, thermal vacuum, shock, vibration, and EMI/EMC.

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.