Full-Time
Principal Component Engineer I
Posted on 4/27/2024
Develops communication payloads for air and space
Senior
El Segundo, CA, USA
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- Minimum 10 years of relevant prior experience as a component engineer
- Experience in assessing components for compliance with industry requirements such as INST-002, AEC-Q100, TOR, JEDEC, and others
- Knowledge of component selection, qualification, screening, and derating for military and aerospace
- Knowledge of Space/Hi-rel component screening methods
- Experience in writing and reviewing Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) to component-level procurement and test control documents
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong desire to change an industry and disrupt incumbent players
- Sense of urgency, with the ability to work independently under agile development timelines
- Willingness to learn and work in both a support capacity and as a lead on differing functions
- High-reliability EEE parts selection, standardization, qualification, and performance verification
- Work with all functional groups to develop and maintain EEE Part Standards and Policies
- EEE part expertise and support on aerospace programs
- Review customer requests for proposals, statements of work, and specifications to identify parts requirements
- Develop a roadmap for state-of-the-art parts and components
- Evaluate components for compliance to industry requirements
- Assist in the selection, evaluation, and approval of new components during the NPI development stage
- Generate EEE part procurement and screening documents for military and aerospace programs
- Write and review Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) to component-level procurement and test control documents
- Review screening and test data received from manufacturers and test laboratories
- Evaluate defective components and failure analysis reports
- Development of Source Control Drawings and Alter Item Drawings for space-grade components
- Preparation of Non-Standard Parts Approval Requests (NSPAR), SDRLs, and As-Designed and As-Built Parts Lists
- Perform and review key reliability analyses
- Apply military and aerospace industry reliability criteria to analyses
- Perform cost analysis of BoM, components research, and vendor/supplier audits
CesiumAstro specializes in developing software-defined phased array communication payloads for both airborne and in-orbit platforms, offering full-stack mission-ready communications for the Autonomous Era™. Their products include the VIREO multi-beam APA system, NIGHTINGALE I Ka-Band high-speed downlink payload, and the COMMPACK cross-link communications payload, all featuring modular hardware and software building blocks seamlessly integrated to provide complete mission-specific payload configurations. These products utilize active phased array systems and digital backend modules to support high-throughput communication needs.
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$120.2M
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
Founded
2017