Principal Staff Engineer, CesiumAstro
Aerospace communication systems
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Aerospace communication systems
201-500 employees
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201-500 employees
Company mission
To deliver advanced communication capabilities for a diverse set of applications at compelling performance and cost.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree with 15–19 years of related experience, or Master's degree with 12–17 years of related experience in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer engineering, or a related engineering field
- Organizational expertise in engineering design and fabrication principles
- Extensive experience defining enterprise level hardware development and fabrication strategies
- Expert understanding of signal integrity, EMI/EMC, hardware integration, qualification testing, system interfaces, multidisciplinary integration, and emerging engineering technologies
- Proven ability to evaluate enterprise design performance, engineering risks, and technical methodologies while defining improvements that strengthen long-term product capability
- Exercises sound judgment when defining enterprise engineering direction, resolving the organization's most complex technical challenges, and advising executive leadership on strategic engineering decisions
- Proficency in electronic design automation (EDA), circuit simulation, and analysis tools, e.g. Altium Designer, OrCAD, LTspice, MATLAB, or equivalent applications
- Strong expeirence in engineering analysis, configuration management, and collaboration tools, e.g. Windchill, Git, Jira, or equivalent applications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
What the job involves
- At CesiumAstro, 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
- Working with Engineering Leadership to continously improve company-wide execution and quality of engineering execution along with engineering processes
- Define enterprise engineering strategies, architectures, design methodologies, and technology roadmaps supporting current and future products
- Foster an environment that allows for rapid and agile prototype development
- Motivate team members engagement and facilitate interdisciplinary communications
- Guide and mentor development teams in the detailed design of systems, subsystems, subassemblies, critical parts, and FW/SW
- Establish organizational standards for design practices
- Remove friction between the functional organizations
- Shape the organization's most critical engineering initiatives, providing technical leadership and resolving the most complex engineering challenges across multiple programs. You will be expected to work directly with our design and manufacturing engineers to identify and resolve friction points
- Evaluate performance, simulation results, qualification testing, and system interactions, defining improvements that strengthen product reliability and mission success
- Approve organizational electrical design methodologies, verification approaches, and engineering recommendations supporting major development programs
- Serve as the principal advisor for engineering, guiding engineering, manufacturing, integration and test, quality, program teams, and executive leadership on technical decisions
- Advance engineering practices across the organization by mentoring senior engineers and strengthening technical capability
- Define enterprise engineering standards, design methodologies, engineering processes, and technical governance across the organization and technology roadmaps
- Champion adoption of advanced engineering practices, design technologies, verification processes, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Lead transformational initiatives that enhance engineering performance, engineering efficiency, product reliability, manufacturability, innovation, and long-term technical capability
- Provide post-production/in-orbit customer support
Our take
CesiumAstro is a startup specializing in phased array communications for aerospace applications. It manufactures antennas that support in-flight connectivity and satellite communications, addressing the significant data transfer needs of AI and autonomous vehicles.
This type of communication support is vital nowadays, when the transfer of massive amounts of data is mission-critical. The company's first antenna flew in 2023 as part of a payload for defense contractor CACI International. CesiumAstro also secured a lucrative subcontract with RocketLab to provide antennas for the Space Development Agency.
CesiumAstro has secured immense funding over the years, including a record $200 million in government financing in 2026. This investment continues to support the company's growth, R&D and manufacturing goals. It comes alongside an expansion of operations which sees CesiumAstro supporting national security.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2026
$270m
SERIES C
Mar 2025
$55m
GRANT
Total funding: $464.2m
Company benefits
- Health, dental, vision
- HSA and FSA
- Life, disability and retirement plans
- Company stock options
Company HQ
Bee Cave, TX
Leadership
Shey Sabripour
(CEO & Founder)Served as the Director of Spacecraft Design at Lockheed Martin for over 23 years. They also served as the CTO at Firefly Aerospace before founding CesiumAstro.
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