# Senior Electrical Hardware Design Engineer

A New Paradigm For Space Operations. Who We Are: Space Kinetic is a dual-use space technology startup building a completely new architecture for space operations - one that brings the advantages of proliferated drone technology (low-cost, operationally flexible, attainable, distributed) to space missions while reducing the ecosystem's reliance on consumable fuel. In a world where many companies are focused on incrementally improving the status quo, we are focused on creating something entirely different - an architecture underpinned by new first principles to meet the opportunities and challenges of the third space age head-on. Our goal is to move away from one-to-one space architectures - where each satellite in a constellation has one (or a small # of) primary payloads attached to the bus -- and unlock a ‘one-to-many’ system, where each satellite has a large number of payloads which can be deployed from their host spacecraft at high velocities without firing a thruster. *Our vision is unique, and so is the team we’re building. If you’re driven to succeed in this role, even if your background doesn’t fully align with every qualification, we want your application. This is not a

- **Id**: 747538
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/spacekinetic-senior-electrical-hardware-design-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: El Segundo, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-06-19T22:40:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T20:06:29Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 146
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7996
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Retirement plans, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Missiles, Space Services

## Company

- **Id**: 685289
- **Name**: Space Kinetic
- **Domain**: spacekinetic.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/spacekinetic>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 37
- **Ghost share**: 0.081
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 118
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 150000
- **Max**: 195000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 195000

## Technologies

- **Altium Designer** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 146

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T14:41:29Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-05T18:15:49Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-13T01:04:10Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 29
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.657
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 146
- **Expected fill days**: 118
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T22:09:44Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 195000
- **Is top pay**: no

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