Avionics Harness A&IT Engineer

Venturi Astrolab, Inc.; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering company at the forefront of planetary exploration! As an Avionics Harness A&IT Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing and developing cutting-edge harness assemblies for lunar rovers. Collaborate with a world-class team to ensure seamless integration of components into flight vehicles. With a commitment to innovation, this role offers opportunities for hands-on work and the chance to contribute to groundbreaking projects. Enjoy a flexible work environment, competitive compensation, and comprehensive benefits while making a significant impact in the field of space exploration.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with matching

Flexible time off and parental leave

On-site snacks and beverages

Weekly lunches

Ownership in the company

Flexible work environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or 5+ years in Avionics Engineering.
• 5+ years in production engineering for aerospace flight hardware.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop processes for power and communications harnessing.
• Drive design excellence throughout all stages of the product life cycle.

Skills

Avionics Engineering

Project Management

Root Cause Problem Solving

Lean Principles

Six Sigma Principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

5+ years of experience in Avionics Engineering

Tools

NX CAD software

Zuken E3

JIRA

MES/MRP software

Excel

Job description

Avionics Harness A&IT Engineer

Department: Production & Test

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Hawthorne, California

Reporting To: Graham Bogda

Compensation: $135,000 - $165,000 / year

Description

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab) is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies. We are singularly focused on designing, building, and operating a fleet of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system. We are seeking motivated, creative, and exceptional people to join our world-class team.

Astrolab is looking for a team member who will support both the development of lunar rovers and development of our production processes and facility. You will collaborate with other Astrolab engineers to advance product design in tandem with advancing our means to build and test. You will be ultimately responsible for ensuring the timely procurement, build, and test of harness assemblies and responsible for successful integration to flight vehicles.

What you'll do:

• Design, define, and develop fabrication, assembly, integration, test processes for power, communications, and RF harnessing
• Develop and institutionalize fabrication and assembly standards. Take ownership of the Astrolab Harness Assembly standard
• Develop integration standards and ensure next level assemblies are set up for successful harness integration
• Drive design for excellence (DFx) throughout all stages of the product life cycle
• Support Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) control program and floor implementation
• Champion implementation of technology, processes, and methodologies to accelerate hardware development, build, test, and operation
• Triage and determine solutions for non-conformances
• Perform hands-on troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Hands-on work. Fabrication, assembly, test, and integration
• Design and own assembly and fabrication tooling from concept through implementation
• Develop work instructions and documentation for build and test processes
• Outline detailed project plans and drive cross functional execution
• Perform trade studies on capital equipment and tool procurement.
• Act as the Astrolab SME working with supplier development team to build out and strengthen outsource harness build and test capabilities

Key supporter of these areas:

• Design of the rover and other lunar hardware
• Collaborate with the cross functional team to develop the product, processes, facility, and supply chain simultaneously championing concurrent engineering
• Support on-site and off-site vehicle testing
• Quality systems, data, and records management
• Development of internal design, construction, and verification specifications.
• Configuration management
• Procurement and production planning

What’s Prepared You:

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) or 5+ years of relevant experience in Avionics Engineering engineering or a related field
• 5+ years’ of experience working as a production engineer, responsible engineer, or manufacturing engineer for cable harness assemblies for aerospace flight hardware. Preferred experience with spaceflight hardware; strongly preferred experience with NASA projects
• Demonstrated mastery of project management and associated tools
• Demonstrated understanding of spacecraft harness construction and harness integration
• Demonstrated understanding of EEE piece part management
• Deep understanding of industry and NASA avionics standards
• Expert in root cause problem solving across the product life cycle
• Experience with Lean and Six Sigma principals
• Proficiency with Harness Design and CAD modeling software (e.g., NX & Zuken E3)
• Understanding of instrumentation and sensors including power supplies, oscilloscopes, accelerometers, thermocouples, RTDs, etc.
• Experience with safety regulations and establishing best practices
• High proficiency with JIRA, MES/MRP software, and Excel
• Working understanding of ERP/MRP systems
• Preference to candidates with a working understanding of SMC-S-016 and 017 standard
• Preference to candidates with experience working to tailored versions of NASA Std-8739.4

Additional Responsibilities

• Must be able and willing to periodically travel (i.e. field testing events)
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs

What We Offer:

• Work with a team of best-in-class engineers building the foundation of planetary surface exploration
• Ownership in the company
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with matching
• Flexible time off and parental leave
• On-site snacks, beverages, and 2x weekly lunches
• Flexible work environment