Senior Payload Hardware / Primary Board Design Engineer

With locations outside Washington DC and in Silicon Valley, TrustPoint is currently seeking a Full Time Senior Payload Hardware / Primary Board Design Engineer who wants to do more than design a board. You’ll help build the hardware foundation that enables our constellation, solve the problems that come with turning ambitious space technology into flight-ready systems, and grow into a technical leader as the payload hardware team scales.

We’ll Expect You To:

• Own board-level design and bring-up of the payload’s primary board, covering schematics, architecture, part selection, and first-power-on debug.

• Direct the layout, assembly, and test executed by layout partners, assembly technicians, and the payload test team.

• Ensure the multi-board payload performs correctly as an integrated system, coordinating closely with the RF lead on the amplifier board.

• Design the payload’s precision timing and frequency-reference signal chain, including the low-noise board partitioning needed to meet timing-stability requirements.

• Sustain and revise current payload hardware while defining the next-generation payload architecture.

• Produce manufacturable, testable designs that fit the per-unit acceptance flow and production cadence, not first articles alone.

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related field (M.S. preferred).

• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience designing complex mixed-signal and RF-adjacent circuit boards (clock/timing distribution, low-noise power, high-speed digital, analog/RF interfaces) for space, aerospace, or other high-reliability hardware, with strong attention to signal and power integrity.

• Demonstrated ownership of primary or otherwise complex PCBs from schematic and detailed design through fabrication, bring-up, and functional test, with the ability to walk through prior designs and design decisions in a hands-on interview task.

• Experience owning integrated performance of a multi-board electronic system, beyond individual board designs.
• Primarily an electrical engineer, with a working understanding of the FPGA/firmware and software that run on the boards you design.
• Experience designing for manufacturability and test at production volumes.
• Readiness to grow into technical leadership of the payload hardware team, including near-term oversight of a junior engineer.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-directed and comfortable working autonomously in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Must be a U.S. Person., * Experience with GNSS, precision timing, or oscillator and clock-distribution hardware.
• Familiarity with SoC/FPGA-based payloads (e.g., Zynq) and the board-level support they require.
• Hands-on PCB layout experience, enough to define layout constraints, review routing critically, and work effectively with external layout, fabrication, and assembly partners.
• Prior experience mentoring engineers or leading a hardware team.
• Experience supporting multiple hardware generations in parallel while maintaining design and configuration discipline.

Cultural Fit

• Thrive in a start-up environment
• Effective communication style that instills a culture of optimism and positivity
• Sense of humor and ability to proactively problem solve.
• Encourages colleagues to think and plan strategically while executing well tactically.
• Works well with all company levels and disciplines (i.e. Legal, HR, etc.).
• Willing to “roll up sleeves” in a new venture, working closely with colleagues.

The selected candidate will be competitively compensated with salary, equity (stock options), and standard benefits. The salary range for this position is $139,000 to $172,000.