We are looking for an Engineering Manager, Electronics to lead the team responsible for the custom electronic hardware at the core of our commercial microreactor. You will own the electronics architecture for the reactor control system while managing and developing a team of electrical engineers responsible for low-noise analog front ends, mixed-signal electronics, high-speed data conversion, communications, and custom PCB development.
This is a highly hands-on management role for a technical leader who wants to remain close to the hardware. You will work alongside the Principal Electronics Engineer, guide the team through the complete hardware development lifecycle, and establish the technical and organizational foundation needed to deliver reliable reactor-control electronics. You will have meaningful authority over architecture, hiring, engineering standards, qualification strategy, and how the team grows.
What will you be doing?
- Building, managing, and developing the Electronics team, including hiring, mentoring, performance management, and resource planning
- Owning the electronic architecture for reactor controls, with a longer-term path toward potential space-reactor applications
- Leading analog and mixed-signal PCB development from requirements and schematic design through manufacturing, bring-up, qualification, and field operation
- Defining requirements for electrical noise, accuracy, input range, environmental performance, interfaces, reliability, and thermal constraints
- Guiding the design of low-noise analog front ends, sensor interfaces, high-speed data conversion, digital communications, and signal-processing hardware
- Owning acceptance and qualification testing for in-house PCB designs and ensuring hardware meets system requirements
- Driving failure analysis, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and design improvements
- Partnering with controls, embedded software, electrical systems, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to integrate electronics across the reactor
- Leading design reviews and communicating technical decisions, tradeoffs, and risks to engineering leadership and executives
- 10-18 years of experience in electrical engineering, including 5+ years managing engineering teams, with hands-on ownership of analog and mixed-signal hardware, PCB development, testing, and deployment
- Extensive experience directly managing and developing electrical engineers, including hiring and performance management
- Full-cycle ownership of PCB hardware development (schematic capture through manufacturing, test, and deployment, not siloed to one phase)
- Background in space, avionics, or flight computer hardware
- Mixed-signal (analog + digital) PCB design: low-noise analog front ends, high-speed data conversion, EMI/EMC mitigation
- Experience with industrial signal types: 4-20mA, RTDs, thermocouples, resolvers, and digital interfaces (SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet)
- Radiation-hardened circuit design or nuclear instrumentation experience
- Strong fundamentals in electrical engineering and experience with hardware-in-loop systems
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or closely related field