Spacecraft Avionics Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own the entire process of designing the electrical architecture, testing and integrating avionics components onto the spacecraft
• Support assembly, integration, and test (AIT), launch integration, and on-orbit operations
• Intuitively understand the intention behind design decisions, and direct assembly and test operations based on those intentions
• Write and execute vehicle assembly procedures and electrical system functional validation processes
• Lead high-level, functional design and development of avionics systems for the current and future spacecraft
• Develop design verification, qualification, and acceptance test plans, and coordinate with the other avionics and manufacturing engineers and technicians to execute
• Recommend spacecraft function and reliability upgrades based on experience
• Requirement writing and verification for spacecraft avionics

Requirements

• Required: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
• Required: 3+ years of experience working with aerospace component development, testing, integration, or operations
• Required: Experience in electrical engineering in both analog and digital circuit design, including usage of test equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, electronic loads, multimeters, and interpreting electrical schematics
• Required: Hands-on experience with prototyping circuits and testing
• Required: Requirement writing and verification
• Required: Experience in technical writing, proper documentation, and SOP creations
• Required: Proactive mentality with the ability to self-start

Qualifications

• Desired: Experience with aerospace avionics system design, development, testing, or operations
• Desired: Experience with Power engineering, design, budgeting, and test
• Desired: Experience in software engineering, especially C, C++, Python, and Labview
• Desired: Experience with project planning, subcontractor management, and other project management skills
• Desired: Experience in industry standard root cause corrective analysis techniques, such as fault tree and fishbone analysis
• Desired: Experience in PCB and Hardware design
• Desired: Experience in the V-model design methodology
• Desired: Experience in Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Desired: Experience in GND and Bonding design of spacecraft
• Desired: Familiarity with NASA GEVS or SMC-016 environmental testing
• Desired: Familiarity with MIL-STD461 EMC Testing
• Desired: Ability to collaborate effectively with other engineering disciplines and regulatory authorities

Benefits

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including:

• Generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles
• Parenthood leave
• Employee education reimbursement
• Short-term disability
• Flexible PTO options