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Senior Electrical Engineer
Accepting applicationsGeneral Orbit · Detroit Metropolitan Area
Full-Time Mid_senior FPGAanalogmixed-signal
Posted
19 Jun
Category
Design
Experience
Mid_senior
Country
N/A
About General Orbit
General Orbit is the Magnetic Intelligence company for autonomous systems. The magnetic field is everywhere. It surrounds every spacecraft, every planet, and every machine on Earth. It cannot be jammed, and it carries vital information about where a platform is, what is around it, and the health of the system itself. Almost no autonomous system uses it, because reading the field on a moving, noisy platform has been considered impossible.
That is the problem we exist to solve. We deliver Magnetic Intelligence in two forms: Magnetic Positioning tells an autonomous system where it is, and Magnetic Observation tells it what is around it. We are putting both on the hardest platforms there are, from spacecraft in orbit to drones in flight, with hardware designed, manufactured, and tested in the United States.
We are building Magnetic Intelligence into a category the rest of the industry will one day have to reckon with, and the hardest problems in it are still in front of us: signal buried in noise, hardware that has to survive orbit, physics most of the world wrote off as impossible. The work is hard on purpose. We hire people who are drawn to that, who want to own a problem end to end and see it fly. If you want to work at the edge of something that has never been done before, we want to hear from you.
About the Role
Magnetic Intelligence lives or dies on the quality of the signal, and the signal starts at the board. As Senior Electrical Engineer, you own the electronics that let our hardware read the magnetic field on platforms where it was considered impossible: spacecraft in orbit, drones in flight, and machines on the ground. This is precision work at the edge of what is physically measurable, where the noise floor is the product.
You will design the boards that go to space and fly on drones, from architecture through schematic, layout review, and qualification. You will work across the full stack with the people writing the algorithms and building the mechanical systems, because at our size the electrical design does not happen in isolation. This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who wants to own hard problems end to end and see them fly.
What You'll Do
Architect and design precision digital electronics for our space and airborne magnetometer systems, from requirements through flight hardware
Drive the low-noise sensing chain, where the electrical design directly sets the performance of the product
Own schematic capture, PCB layout, and design reviews through fabrication and assembly
Lead board-level and system-level testing, including environmental and qualification campaigns for space and airborne hardware
Develop and harden designs for radiation, thermal, and EMI environments across orbit and the operational envelope on Earth
Work directly with GNC, software, and mechanical engineers to take systems from prototype on the bench to qualified hardware in the field
Support manufacturing and test transition, including design-for-test and design-for-manufacture
Set the technical bar for electrical design as the team grows, through documentation, reviews, and mentorship
About You
8+ years of electrical engineering experience designing hardware that shipped, flew, or otherwise ran in the real world
Deep expertise in precision analog and mixed-signal design, with a track record of low-noise, high-sensitivity measurement
Strong command of the full board lifecycle: architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout, and debug
Hands-on experience taking hardware through environmental and qualification testing
Fluency with lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, source meters) and a debugging instinct for tracking noise and signal integrity to root cause
Comfortable owning ambiguous problems end to end in a small team, without layers of process between you and the work
Bachelor's or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
Also Valuable
Experience designing radiation-hardened or space-qualified electronics
Background in magnetometry, precision sensors, or other low-signal instrumentation
Familiarity with FPGA or embedded firmware enough to work fluently with the software team
Experience with high-reliability assembly and workmanship standards (IPC, NASA, or similar)
Exposure to airborne or UAS hardware and the constraints of low-SWaP design
A history of building things in resource-constrained environments where you wore more than one hat
U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required
To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)
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General Orbit is the Magnetic Intelligence company for autonomous systems. The magnetic field is everywhere. It surrounds every spacecraft, every planet, and every machine on Earth. It cannot be jammed, and it carries vital information about where a platform is, what is around it, and the health of the system itself. Almost no autonomous system uses it, because reading the field on a moving, noisy platform has been considered impossible.
That is the problem we exist to solve. We deliver Magnetic Intelligence in two forms: Magnetic Positioning tells an autonomous system where it is, and Magnetic Observation tells it what is around it. We are putting both on the hardest platforms there are, from spacecraft in orbit to drones in flight, with hardware designed, manufactured, and tested in the United States.
We are building Magnetic Intelligence into a category the rest of the industry will one day have to reckon with, and the hardest problems in it are still in front of us: signal buried in noise, hardware that has to survive orbit, physics most of the world wrote off as impossible. The work is hard on purpose. We hire people who are drawn to that, who want to own a problem end to end and see it fly. If you want to work at the edge of something that has never been done before, we want to hear from you.
About the Role
Magnetic Intelligence lives or dies on the quality of the signal, and the signal starts at the board. As Senior Electrical Engineer, you own the electronics that let our hardware read the magnetic field on platforms where it was considered impossible: spacecraft in orbit, drones in flight, and machines on the ground. This is precision work at the edge of what is physically measurable, where the noise floor is the product.
You will design the boards that go to space and fly on drones, from architecture through schematic, layout review, and qualification. You will work across the full stack with the people writing the algorithms and building the mechanical systems, because at our size the electrical design does not happen in isolation. This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who wants to own hard problems end to end and see them fly.
What You'll Do
Architect and design precision digital electronics for our space and airborne magnetometer systems, from requirements through flight hardware
Drive the low-noise sensing chain, where the electrical design directly sets the performance of the product
Own schematic capture, PCB layout, and design reviews through fabrication and assembly
Lead board-level and system-level testing, including environmental and qualification campaigns for space and airborne hardware
Develop and harden designs for radiation, thermal, and EMI environments across orbit and the operational envelope on Earth
Work directly with GNC, software, and mechanical engineers to take systems from prototype on the bench to qualified hardware in the field
Support manufacturing and test transition, including design-for-test and design-for-manufacture
Set the technical bar for electrical design as the team grows, through documentation, reviews, and mentorship
About You
8+ years of electrical engineering experience designing hardware that shipped, flew, or otherwise ran in the real world
Deep expertise in precision analog and mixed-signal design, with a track record of low-noise, high-sensitivity measurement
Strong command of the full board lifecycle: architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout, and debug
Hands-on experience taking hardware through environmental and qualification testing
Fluency with lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, source meters) and a debugging instinct for tracking noise and signal integrity to root cause
Comfortable owning ambiguous problems end to end in a small team, without layers of process between you and the work
Bachelor's or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
Also Valuable
Experience designing radiation-hardened or space-qualified electronics
Background in magnetometry, precision sensors, or other low-signal instrumentation
Familiarity with FPGA or embedded firmware enough to work fluently with the software team
Experience with high-reliability assembly and workmanship standards (IPC, NASA, or similar)
Exposure to airborne or UAS hardware and the constraints of low-SWaP design
A history of building things in resource-constrained environments where you wore more than one hat
U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required
To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)
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