Electrical Engineer- Spacecraft Avionics II / III

Firefly Aerospace; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision plans

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Short term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace in Texas is seeking an Electrical Engineer – Spacecraft Avionics to design, develop, and test avionics systems for our spacecraft. You will develop system requirements, verification plans, and interface with software, mechanical, and propulsion teams to ensure an integrated solution.

You will lead the design and testing across the electrical architecture, participate in AIT and on-orbit operations, and contribute to design verification, qualification, and acceptance testing.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering.
• 3+ years aerospace component development, testing, or operations.
• Experience in analog and digital circuit design with proper test equipment.
• Experience performing trade studies and sensitivity analyses.
• Hands-on prototyping circuits and testing.
• Requirement writing and verification.
• Technical writing, SOP documentation.
• Proactive, self-starting mentality.
• Experience with Python.

Responsibilities

• Own 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 design decisions and direct assembly/test operations.
• Write and execute vehicle assembly procedures and electrical system validation processes.
• Lead high-level design and development of avionics systems for current and future spacecraft.
• Develop verification, qualification, and acceptance test plans and coordinate with engineers.
• Recommend spacecraft function and reliability upgrades based on experience.
• Requirement writing and verification for spacecraft avionics.

Skills

Aerospace experience

Analog & Digital design

Python

Requirement writing

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Logic analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Signal generators

Electronic loads

Multimeters

Job description

About Firefly Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

Summary

A Firefly Electrical Engineer - Spacecraft Avionics is responsible for the design, development, and testing of avionics systems on our spacecraft. In this role, you develop the avionics systems, requirements verifications, and component/system level test campaigns. You also help developed and design the HIL system in order to verify functionality before spacecraft integration, interfacing with software, mechanical, propulsion, fluids, and structures teams to ensure the proper functionality of the integrated solution. You are responsible for developing and executing development schedules, system-level test and operations plans, and supporting launch day and on-orbit operations. You will be responsible for assisting the AIT team in proving-out functionality of all avionics systems onboard the integrated vehicles. Previous spacecraft experience is highly preferred and electrical hands on experience is required. This role relies on strong electrical engineering principals in both analog and digital.

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

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
• 3+ years of experience working with aerospace component development, testing, integration, or operations
• 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
• Experience performing trade studies and sensitivity studies to select the best architecture option
• Hands-on experience with prototyping circuits and testing
• Requirement writing and verification
• Experience in technical writing, proper documentation, and SOP creations
• Candidate must have a proactive mentality with the ability to self-start
• Experience with Python

Desired

The ideal candidate will possess one or more of the following:

• Experience with aerospace avionics system design, development, testing, or operations
• Experience with Power engineering, design, budgeting, and test
• Experience in software engineering, especially C, C++, Python, and Labview
• Experience with project planning, subcontractor management, and other project management skills
• Experience in industry standard root cause corrective analysis techniques, such as fault tree and fishbone analysis
• Experience in PCB and Hardware design
• Experience in the V-model design methodology
• Experience in Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Experience in GND and Bonding design of spacecraft
• Experience with environmental analysis and testing, including thermal cycling, thermal vacuum, shock, and vibration
• Familiar with NASA GEVS or SMC-016 environmental testing
• Familiar with MIL-STD461 EMC Testing
• 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, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

Compliance

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.