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Working hands-on with our contract manufacturer (ODM), you\\'ll design a custom board that delivers maximum compute per watt while conforming to the realities of a satellite: tight power and mass budgets, demanding thermal interfaces, the radiation environment of LEO, and launch loads.\nYou\\'ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our Mechanical & Thermal Engineer — the electrical and thermal/mechanical design of the payload are deeply coupled, and the two of you will co-own the GPU stack from silicon to radiator.\nWhat You\\'ll Do Architect and design the custom GPU compute board (schematic capture and high-speed PCB) that serves as the satellite\\'s primary payload.\nDrive board design and bring-up in close partnership with our ODM — design reviews, DFM, prototype builds, NPI, and qualification.\nOwn the high-speed interconnect architecture — GPU-to-GPU fabric (e.g., NVLink), SerDes, and high-speed signaling — and evaluate optical / silicon-photonic interconnect for on-board and satellite-to-satellite links.\nRun signal integrity and power integrity analysis and ensure the board meets performance under real operating conditions.\nCo-design the electrical/thermal/mechanical interface of the payload with the Mechanical & Thermal Engineer — power delivery, heat extraction from the GPUs, packaging, and shielding of components against radiation.\nTranslate satellite-level constraints (power, mass, volume, thermal, radiation, vibration) into board-level requirements and tradeoffs.\nCoordinate environmental and qualification testing (vibration, thermal-vacuum) for the board and payload.\nManage component selection, supplier relationships, and BOM with an eye toward manufacturability and scale.\nWhat You Bring Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience).\nProven experience designing custom boards / system boards end-to-end — schematic, high-speed PCB layout, bring-up, and debug.\nStrong grasp of high-speed digital design, SerDes, and modern compute interconnects (NVLink or comparable GPU/accelerator fabrics).\nHands-on experience working with an ODM / contract manufacturer through design, NPI, and qualification.\nSolid signal-integrity and power-integrity fundamentals.\nAbility to reason from first principles and make sound tradeoffs under tight, coupled constraints — and to work effectively with a tiny team across electrical, thermal, and mechanical disciplines.\nBonus Points Familiarity with silicon photonics / co-packaged optics and optical interconnect.\nExperience with GPU server / AI-accelerator hardware at a hyperscaler, NVIDIA, or an AI-hardware company.\nSpace, aerospace, or rad-hard hardware experience (radiation effects, derating, environmental qualification).\nExperience taking hardware from prototype to volume manufacturing.\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Orbital Space Data Centers","rawCompany":"orbital space data centers","city":"Los Angeles","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-16T03:25:23.057Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2072.00","title":"Electronics Engineers, Except Computer","slug":"electronics-engineers-except-computer"},{"code":"17-2061.00","title":"Computer Hardware Engineers","slug":"computer-hardware-engineers"},{"code":"17-2071.00","title":"Electrical Engineers","slug":"electrical-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"334418","title":"Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing","slug":"printed-circuit-assembly-electronic-assembly-manufacturing"},{"code":"334111","title":"Electronic Computer Manufacturing","slug":"electronic-computer-manufacturing"},{"code":"336414","title":"Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Electrical & Computer Engineer","description":"The Role You\\'ll own the GPU compute board — the heart of our payload — from architecture through manufacturing. 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