Electrical Engineer - Space Technologies

About the role

The selected candidates will join a dynamic team working to put Great Systems on Orbit with capabilities to perform leading edge tasks in laser communications, space electronics and sensors. On any given day, the successful candidates may be asked to perform the following duties:

Responsibilities

• Design custom high speed digital electronics including the use of ADCs, DACs, FPGAs, processors, and communications drivers.
• Design, and conduct analysis of, analog circuits including low-noise signal conditioning and power amplifiers.
• Provide expertise to both product development and R&D efforts.
• Collaborate with peers, leads, and managers to develop, review, and refine designs and analyses to meet program technical needs within defined time and budget constraints.
• Work within a broad-disciplined program team providing expertise in support of electronics manufacturing and test.

Requirements

• B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 0 – 2 years of professional experience
• Experience in design, analysis, integration, and test of custom electronics
• Proficiency in electrical design software and simulation tools (such as Altium, SPICE, MATLAB, Simulink, HyperLynx, and MS Office)
• Ability to conduct circuit analysis and simulation to optimize performance and reliability

Qualifications

• Understanding of space qualification standards and requirements
• Experience designing custom electronics for space products
• Experience designing to a defined requirement
• Experience with analysis necessary for high reliability space electronics hardware (Electrical stress analysis, worst case circuit analysis, and reliability analysis)
• Experience producing PCB layouts
• Experience and understanding of PCB manufacturing and assembly processes
• Understanding of relevant IPC standards needed for electrical design and fabrication
• Experience developing and conducting testing of complex electronic sub-assemblies along with design of special test equipment (STE)
• Experience deriving sub-assembly requirements from higher-level, flowed down, system requirements and defining test methodologies
• Experience developing design & verification documentation (Interface Control Document/Drawings (ICD), Design Description Document (DDD), Test Plan, Test Procedures, Test Reports, etc.)
• Written and verbal communication skills necessary to present designs to internal and external stakeholders
• Able to complete assigned work within a defined timeline and budget

Skills

• Understanding of space qualification standards and requirements
• Experience designing custom electronics for space products
• Experience designing to a defined requirement
• Experience with analysis necessary for high reliability space electronics hardware (Electrical stress analysis, worst case circuit analysis, and reliability analysis)
• Experience producing PCB layouts
• Experience and understanding of PCB manufacturing and assembly processes
• Understanding of relevant IPC standards needed for electrical design and fabrication
• Experience developing and conducting testing of complex electronic sub-assemblies along with design of special test equipment (STE)
• Experience deriving sub-assembly requirements from higher-level, flowed down, system requirements and defining test methodologies
• Experience developing design & verification documentation (Interface Control Document/Drawings (ICD), Design Description Document (DDD), Test Plan, Test Procedures, Test Reports, etc.)
• Written and verbal communication skills necessary to present designs to internal and external stakeholders
• Able to complete assigned work within a defined timeline and budget

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K with company matching
• 9/80 work schedule
• Paid holiday shutdown

Pay

$70,000 - $120,000

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

• 401K with company matching
• 9/80 work schedule
• Paid holiday shutdown

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment (Constant)
• Constantly sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

ITAR Requirement

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants will be asked to provide specific documentation to verify U.S. person status under the ITAR and the EAR. A “U.S. person” according to their definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee, or asylee. See 22 CFR 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Principals Only

Applicants must be a principle applicant and cannot be referred by a referral agency.

No Agencies

No agencies please.