Electrical Engineer

Department: Engineering

Location: Chantilly, VA

Employment Type: FullTime

About Lynk

Lynk is the inventor of satellite direct to standard phone technology aka sat2phone, and has the world’s first commercial license from the FCC to operate a commercial sat2phone system. Today, Lynk allows mobile network operators' subscribers to send and receive text messages to and from space via standard unmodified, mobile devices. Lynk’s service has been tested and proven on all seven continents, has regulatory approvals in more than 30 countries and is currently being deployed commercially based on more than 40 MNO commercial service contracts covering approximately 50 countries.

Our technology will enable all 8 billion people on the planet to stay connected with the existing standard phone in their pocket. Everywhere. No matter what.

By joining Lynk, you will have the opportunity to directly touch the lives of billions. Your mission will be to bring mobile broadband to billions, pull hundreds of millions out of poverty, and save countless lives.

Job Summary

As an Electrical Engineer at Lynk, you will function in many roles to use and expand your knowledge of electronics and PCB design. You will be given ownership of your project through the complete hardware development cycle. Along the way you will be responsible for circuit design, schematic capture, and layout of complex PCBAs. These boards often contain some combination of high-speed digital signals, high power DC-DC converters, and analog circuitry. You will also be collaborating with RF engineers in the design of boards containing RF circuitry.

We are a small team, and emphasize rapid iteration as part of our hardware development lifecycle. The ideal candidate is comfortable working in an interdisciplinary team, engaging in system-level design discussions, and taking ownership of individual subsystems as an individual contributor. Candidates should also have experience or interest across a wide breadth of electronics disciplines, and should be comfortable working in both a design and laboratory environment, and have experience designing systems intended for harsh environments.

Experience with satellites is not a requirement for this position. We welcome candidates across experience levels, from exceptional early career to seasoned engineers; title, scope, and compensation scale with experience.

Core Responsibilities

• Designing multilayer PCBAs, incorporating EMI/EMC best practices and considering deployment in harsh environments (thermal cycles, mechanical shock, vibration, etc.).

• Ownership over the complete lifecycle PCB multi-layer design from schematic capture and layout through board bring-up and test

• Develop and analyze complex power trees.

• Collaborate closely with RTL and software teams to define pinouts, bank voltages, and clocking architectures that optimize PCB routing.

• Collaborate closely with mechanical teams on PCB enclosure and thermal design

Basic Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical or Computer Engineering

• Strong grasp of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) in low-to-medium volume, high-complexity production.

• Experience with multilayer PCB schematic capture and layout, as well as board bring-up and testing

• Experience designing systems for harsh environments (space, aviation, automotive, etc.)

• Experience with common low speed digital interfaces (I2C, CAN, UART, etc.)

• Experience with EMI/EMC best practices

• Basic experience writing FPGA RTL or microcontroller firmware

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of FPGA and SoC hardware requirements, including power distribution, high-speed SERDES routing (PCIe, multi-gigabit ethernet, etc.), memory interfaces, etc.

• Basic understanding of RF circuits and RF PCB layout

• Experience working in a startup or small team environment

• Experience designing spacecraft avionics systems

• Advanced experience writing FPGA RTL or microcontroller firmware

ITAR Requirements:

To comply with U.S. Government export control regulations (ITAR), applicants must be one of the following: (i) a U.S. citizen or national, (ii) a lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) a refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) an asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158. Individuals who do not meet these criteria must be eligible to obtain the necessary authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. For more information, please refer to the ITAR guidelines.

Learn about ITAR here.

Job Location

Chantilly, VA