- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- AlbuquerqueNew MexicoUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 20, 2026
- Salary
- $128,000–$195,250 a year
Full-time
Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering - Space Technologies
Job description
Summary The Senior Electrical Engineering Manager is an engineering leader responsible for driving electrical engineering execution across the full product lifecycle for space electronics, laser communications, sensors, and related aerospace/defense systems.
This leader is responsible for building and leading a high-performing organization with the technical depth and ability to support development, qualification, production, and sustainment in a competitive space electronics market. The role provides leadership to managers and professional staff, develops departmental plans based on business and organizational priorities, and drives strategy in the electrical engineering team.
Job responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of 20+ electrical engineering professionals and subordinate managers to include staffing, workload planning, performance management, mentoring, and career development
- Lead development of a growing electrical engineering team, ensuring staffing requirements are met through hiring and continuous training programs that build technical capability and team capacity
- Support planning and execution in coordination with program management, including schedule, resource, and technical performance considerations
- Responsible for electrical engineering performance on technical programs.
- Lead ongoing development of internal electrical engineering design standards and practices
- Provide strategic direction for developing custom electronics solutions for space-qualified applications
- Oversee electrical design software and simulation tool usage (Altium, SPICE, MATLAB, HyperLynx, etc…)
- Ensure adherence to space qualification standards, IPC standards, and relevant aerospace/defense requirements for electrical design and fabrication
Job requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or space systems, with at least 3 years of leadership or management experience
- Demonstrated ability to organize, lead, and develop a high performing electrical engineering department.
- Experience managing subordinate managers
- Experience leading electrical engineering activities across the product lifecycle, including requirements management, design, analysis, integration, test, and production transition for complex systems
- Demonstrated experience in design, analysis, integration, and test of custom electronics
- Experience conducting circuit analysis and simulation to optimize performance and reliability, including electrical stress analysis and worst-case circuit analysis
- Proficiency in electrical design software and simulation tools (such as Altium, SPICE, MATLAB, Simulink, HyperLynx, and MS Office)