Electrical Engineer: Rocket Motor Data & Sensing

Anduril-1; McHenry (MS); On-site; USD 99,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks an Electrical Engineer to specify, design, develop, and install devices used to collect data on solid rocket motor burn performance. You will develop PCBs, firmware, and FPGA code for safety-critical designs and data-collection software.

You may oversee technicians during instrumentation installation and rocket motor testing. You will select sensors and ensure correct placement to capture key performance metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Proof of experience in safety-critical hardware design, incorporating multi-fault tolerance, arm/fire inhibits, safe bleed-down circuits, and inadvertent initiation mitigation.
• Experience in high-voltage PCB layout and circuit design for motor initiation, including capacitor charging/discharge circuits, high peak-current switching, and creepage/clearance management
• Experience with the design, development, and installation of sensors employed to collect data on system performance.
• NI Labview or NI DAQmx experience or familiar with other COTS data acquisition systems
• Thorough understanding of signal conditioning for data acquisition, i.e. analog circuit design
• Intimate knowledge of the analog to digital conversion process, i.e. digital circuit design
• Understand Computer controlled data acquisition and able to develop computer applications for data collection.
• Able to select the correct sensors and design the placement of them to acquire the needed solid rocket motor performance metrics.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and proficient with computer-aided design software.
• Ability to write and understand Python
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with other engineers to develop accurate, efficient equipment and instrumentation in accordance with safety and usability standards and client expectations.
• Collaborates with other electrical engineers to execute the safe arming and initiation of rocket motors under test.
• Designs PCBA and electrical system components with hands on testing and rework as necessary
• Creates detailed schematics and simulated models to test designs; optimizes designs for performance, reliability, and cost.
• Oversees the implementation of new measuring devices and control systems, ensuring devices are correctly installed and properly tested.
• Acts as project engineer for design, prototype fabrication, and manufacturing development.
• Develops required cable drawings to interface to various low- and high-voltage systems
• Drafts and presents formal technical documents, reports, and testing results to manager for approval.
• Provides training related to devices to employees and/or customers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

High-voltage design

Data acquisition

Python

Signal conditioning

Digital design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

DAQmx

Altium CAD

Spice

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks an Electrical Engineer to specify, design, develop, and install devices used to collect data on solid rocket motor burn performance. You will develop PCBs, firmware, and FPGA code for safety-critical designs and data-collection software.

You may oversee technicians during instrumentation installation and rocket motor testing. You will select sensors and ensure correct placement to capture key performance metrics.