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Senior Manager, Digital & Mixed-Signal Hardware

CesiumAstro

Job Location:

Austin, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 9 October 2026 (14 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 6 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Please Note:To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations the applicant must be a U.S. citizen lawful permanent resident of the U.S. conditional resident asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

AtCesiumAstro we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites UAVs launch vehicles and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment which allows us to learn develop and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on interactive and autonomous work CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate collaborative energetic and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.

CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager Digital & Mixed-Signal Hardware to lead a growing team developing high-performance electronics for our communications systems including software-defined radios space-computing platforms and phased-array control systems. You will be accountable for the technical quality and on-time delivery of your teams hardware from architecture and design through production.

This is a deeply technical management role but not an individual-contributor design role. You will stay close to the engineering through technical guidance design and architecture reviews mentorship and critical debug while building a team that consistently produces excellent work. You will also help establish the standards tools processes and reusable engineering approaches that allow CesiumAstros hardware teams to execute rigorously and efficiently across sites.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Your team delivers high-quality manufacturable hardware to our product lines predictably and on schedule. Accountability does not stop when prototypes work.
Designs transition successfully into repeatable production at the required scale with technical and manufacturing risks identified and addressed early.
Engineering quality improves as the organization grows. You stay close enough to the technical details to identify weaknesses mentor engineers through them and turn lessons learned into better standards tools reviews and processes.
Teams benefit from shared engineering practices and technical knowledge across CesiumAstro. Engineers reuse proven components designs and approaches where appropriate while common processes and standards enable rigorous engineering without unnecessary bureaucracy.
You build a stronger engineering organization not just successful individual programs. Engineers grow in technical judgment and responsibility strong technical and people leaders emerge and the organization develops the capability and leadership structure needed to scale.
The initial team will include approximately 8-12 direct reports primarily in Austin and Westminster with a smaller presence in El Segundo. As CesiumAstro grows people management is expected to become increasingly site-focused while this role continues to provide technical and process leadership across the company.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain technical integrity and engineering excellence for board-level digital and mixed-signal electronics development across the company.
Establish mature and scale engineer-friendly digital hardware development processes including high-speed interface design guidelines signal integrity simulation workflows and schematic and layout standards for dense high-layer-count PCBs.
Provide detailed technical review and mentorship through architecture and design reviews identifying design risks and errors early helping engineers develop stronger engineering judgment and ensuring appropriate subject matter expert (SME) engagement across digital RF power firmware and mechanical disciplines.
Occasionally contribute directly to board-level digital and mixed-signal designs particularly to close temporary gaps in high-risk or schedule-critical programs.
Lead or support complex debug efforts involving high-speed interfaces large FPGA and processor implementations and related technical topics.
Ensure digital hardware designs are buildable and testable at scale using DFM and DFT best practices.
Drive disciplined handoff from engineering to manufacturing through close collaboration with manufacturing engineering supply chain and production test engineering.
Ensure designs meet quality reliability and scalability requirements for aerospace and defense production environments.
Partner with Supply Chain to ensure component availability lifecycle risk mitigation and cost awareness.
Drive design reuse modular architectures and platform commonality across products to accelerate execution and reduce risk.

TEAM LEADERSHIP STAFFING & PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

Build scale and lead a high-performing digital and mixed-signal hardware engineering team that delivers reliably to multidisciplinary product teams.
Lead coach and develop an initial team of approximately 8-12 engineers distributed primarily across Austin and Westminster with a smaller presence in El Segundo.
Partner with product and program leadership to plan work allocate resources surface technical risk early and hold the team accountable to realistic delivery commitments.
Own staffing and team development including hiring performance management career development coaching and succession planning.
Provide one-on-one coaching mentoring and deep technical guidance.
Plan and manage budgets related to staffing lab equipment capital equipment and design/simulation software.
Maintain strong working relationships across Engineering Quality and Operations.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering required.
Minimum of 7 years of direct digital or mixed-signal hardware engineering experience preferably in aerospace environments. 13 years of small-team technical leadership or engineering management experience preferred but not required.
Demonstrated expertise in high-speed digital and mixed-signal board design.
Strong understanding of signal integrity (SI) and timing.
Experience supporting design for manufacturability (DFM) design for test (DFT) and transition from development to production.
Proven ability to conduct rigorous technical reviews mentor engineers and communicate effectively across disciplines.
Ability to balance rigor with execution speed in a fast-paced development environment.
Proficiency with high-speed simulation and analysis tools such as Ansys SiWave or ADS SiPro.
Deep hands-on experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium.
Familiarity with FPGA toolchains (e.g. Xilinx Vivado) preferred.
Strong technical and non-technical communication skills.

CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities a candidates work experience education/training and key skills. Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health dental vision HSA FSA life disability and retirement plans.

CesiumAstro is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace color religion sex national origin disability protected Veteran Status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.

Please note: CesiumAstro does not accept unsolicited resumes from contract agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to our website or to CesiumAstro team members will be considered property of CesiumAstro and we will not be obligated to pay any referral fees.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

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