Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering

Location: This role is based onsite at our office in Louisville, CO, with the option to work a few days a week remotely. Travel: Up to 5% Job ID: 568 About Capella Capella, an IonQ company, spans national security, advanced sensing, and next-generation compute to deliver secure, mission-ready intelligence. Capella’s culture is built on collaboration, rigorous engineering, and a shared commitment to delivering solutions that strengthen global stability and security.

Team members work side-by-side with some of the most innovative minds in space systems, quantum-enabled technologies, and mission-critical operations. Capella values curiosity, resilience, and a willingness to tackle hard problems with precision and creativity. Capella welcomes and encourages applicants whose perspectives are historically underrepresented in technology, national security, and aerospace.

No prior space experience is required. Diverse viewpoints strengthen Capella’s ability to innovate and deliver meaningful impact for partners worldwide.

About The Role

& Team Capella is looking for an energetic Senior Electrical Engineer Manager who will be responsible for leading and managing a team of electrical engineers who design, develop, and test electrical systems and components. This role involves supporting project execution, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and driving innovation of our electrical systems within our satellite. This role will sit within the Spacecraft Engineering team at Capella Space.

This team contains a variety of engineering disciplines that design and develop the satellite and payload systems.

Responsibilities

Leadership and Management: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of electrical engineers, providing guidance, support, and performance feedback of a distributed team across two offices. Assign people to tasks and manage workloads to ensure timely project completion. Foster a collaborative and innovative team environment.

Project Oversight: Oversee the design, development, and testing of electrical systems and components for our application. Allocate resources effectively to meet project goals and deadlines.

Requirements

Technical Expertise: Provide technical expertise and guidance on electrical design, integration, and troubleshooting.

Drive continuous improvement in electrical engineering practices and processes.

Implement and enforce quality assurance procedures to maintain high standards in all engineering activities.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering; a Master’s degree or higher is preferred. Experience: Minimum of 12 years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs and systems in a hardware R&D lab environment, with 4 years in a managerial or leadership role. Proven experience in aerospace systems, or similar high reliability industry, and components is highly desirable.

Skills: Understanding of hardware evaluation methodologies, including development of test cases/suites, performance analysis, test automation, and data analysis Extensive experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, and other test equipment Experience with I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc.