Staff Hardware Engineer (Secure Compute Systems)

Location: Remote

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and collaborate on hardware-based products for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and Orbital Compute systems, spanning terrestrial and orbital variants
• Own power, thermal, and physical envelope design for compute hardware, including enclosure design
• Design bus interfaces and bus architecture for secure compute systems
• Deliver the first hardware variant on a short time-to-market while designing in parallel for hardware at scale
• Design for manufacturability, reliability, and the environmental constraints of the operating environment, including radiation, vibration, and thermal-vacuum considerations for orbital variants
• Partner with software, security, and systems engineers to integrate cryptographic and compute hardware into end products
• Support hardware design reviews (e.g., PDR, CDR) and give and receive productive feedback during collaboration and reviews
• Contribute to FPGA-based design and integration where applicable
• Deliver iteratively and quickly in a fast-paced environment with significant ambiguity
• Perform additional job duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or another related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience
• 15 years of professional hardware or electrical engineering experience, taking compute or electronics hardware from concept to production
• Experience with power and thermal design and analysis for electronics hardware
• Experience with mechanical/physical envelope, packaging, and enclosure design
• Experience designing bus interfaces and bus architectures (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, SpaceWire, or similar)
• Experience sourcing components and working with third-party vendors and contract manufacturers
• Demonstrated ability to deliver hardware under aggressive timelines while planning for manufacturability and scale
• Prefer FPGA design experience (RTL, Verilog/VHDL)
• Prefer experience with space-qualified, rad-hard, or ruggedized hardware for harsh environments
• Prefer experience with hardware security or cryptographic hardware (HSMs, secure elements, or TPMs)
• Prefer familiarity with relevant hardware, safety, and quality standards
• Track record of making things happen in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• Uses good judgement to problem-solve proactively, positively impacting hard challenges
• Demonstrated organization skills to meet tight deadlines with high quality results