Electronics Design Engineer

About the role

The Electronics Design Engineer - Space Exploration Electronic Systems will support the space program located in Houston, TX.

Responsibilities

• Report directly to the Electronics and Electrical Section Manager as part of a group of over 45 other Electronics and Electrical Engineers.
• Work directly with or as a team lead and associated electrical engineers on a given project.
• Support new designs from conception, analysis, and manufacturing, through to operational test and deployment.
• Provide design support and guidance in various aspects of electronics system development.
• Be familiar with NASA specifications for electronics component development.
• Develop component test stand architectures for various components.
• Design and generate electrical components and lab instrumentation test system designs.
• Develop and/or modify LabVIEW code for various test systems.
• Develop detailed test verification procedures.
• Work with electrical and mechanical technicians to build and test designed systems.
• Develop and test various breakout boxes and digital/analog sensor emulation systems.
• Perform electrical evaluation/selection of instrumentation (pressure transducers, flow meters, pumps, fans, RTDs, Thermocouples, etc.).
• Troubleshoot and repair existing test systems.
• Conduct analog and digital printed circuit board design for various application needs.
• Develop test software modules to perform specific tests.
• Work with eCAD designers to develop printed circuit board designs.
• Work in a laboratory environment, following standard operating procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status required.
• Experience in the space industry or Department of Defense/Department of War.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• 10+ years of recent and related work experience.
• Prior experience leading a team of electronics design engineers.
• Experience in requirements definition and architecture development.
• Prior experience with circuit design of analog PCB, digital PCB, and power PCB, including fabrication and assembly.
• Prior experience with electrical schematic entry and printed circuit board layout tools such as Altium Designer, and version control software like Subversion (SVN).
• Prior experience in cable design and fabrication for space applications.
• Prior experience with JSC standards and processes.
• Prior experience with data acquisition systems (especially National Instruments) and LabVIEW code development.
• Prior experience with FPGA circuitry design and coding in associated VHDL development environments (Xilinx FPGA using VIVADO tool) for space applications.
• Experience in microcontroller circuit design and development of embedded systems, including hands-on design, build, and testing, as well as proficiency with embedded software development environments.
• Prior experience with requirements verification.

Desired Skills

• Prior experience programming in C/C++ and Python.
• Prior experience with circuit simulation tools such as Pspice, OrCAD, Multisim etc.
• Experience with test hardware such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, logic analyzers, function generators, electronic load banks, power supplies, power analyzers.
• Familiarity with data interface protocols and associated hardware such as Ethernet, RS232, RS422, RS485, I2C, SPI etc.
• Prior experience in design and test of analog instrumentation systems.
• Prior experience with design and testing of analog instrumentation systems, stepper and brushless DC-DC control circuits, and of power supply and conditioning systems.
• Experience in the design, development, and validation of NASA space-flight hardware.
• Excellent communication skills, organizational skills and the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers designing and building world-class, NASA space-flight hardware.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability benefits, life insurance.
• Retirement 401k.
• Vacation, sick pay, holidays.
• Flexible work schedules (when available).
• Professional training and development for career advancement.

Schedule

• Onsite position with a 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off); some travel may be required.
• Schedule subject to change based on position and/or customer needs.