Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Firefly Aerospace

Senior Electrical Engineer working on avionics platform circuit card development at Firefly Aerospace. Collaborating across teams for hardware design and troubleshooting in a fast-paced environment.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeCedar Park • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end circuit card development: schematic capture and layout for complex digital/analog/power designs, EEE component selection, electrical simulations, and rapid prototyping for flight, qualification.
Develop new features and functionality as part of the design team for our common avionics platform used across launch vehicles and spacecraft applications.
Perform technical trade studies, requirement capture, conceptual and detail design activities for new and existing designs.
Work with experts across teams and departments (systems, mechanical, software, test engineering) to develop tightly integrated, high-performance hardware.
Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis using standard test equipment, driving issues to closure in a fast-paced setting.
Understand and implement aerospace guidelines for development and design of electronic assemblies.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor of Science (BS) in electrical engineering or equivalent
5+ years of hands-on PCB design, hardware development, and integration experience.
Strong skills in schematic capture and layout for digital, analog, and power circuits; proficiency with Altium (or similar) preferred.
Competent at end-to-end definition, requirement generation, block-diagram design, component selection and circuit simulations.
Experience with component selection, circuit simulation/analysis, and electrical troubleshooting/root-cause.
Experienced using test equipment to verify component and circuit functionality.
Excellent organizational skills, and experience working with vendors
Ability to work well with others, be proactive, and execute with minimal guidance

Benefits

Comp & perks

generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles
parental leave
educational reimbursement
short term disability
flexible PTO options

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Hard Skills & Tools

circuit card developmentschematic capturelayout designdigital circuitsanalog circuitspower circuitscomponent selectioncircuit simulationtroubleshootingroot-cause analysis

Soft Skills

organizational skillscollaborationproactive executionminimal guidance

Certifications

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering