Electrical Engineer- Spacecraft Avionics II / III

Firefly Aerospace; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision plans

Educational reimbursement

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace seeks an Electrical Engineer specialized in spacecraft avionics to design, develop, and test avionics systems for our spacecraft. You will craft system requirements, verify them, and run component- and system-level test campaigns, including building the HIL system to validate functions before spacecraft integration.

You will coordinate with software, mechanical, propulsion, fluids, and structures teams to ensure integrated functionality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
• 3 years of aerospace component development, testing, integration or operations.
• Experience in analog and digital circuit design with test equipment.
• Prototyping circuits and hands-on testing experience.
• Strong requirement writing and verification.
• Proactive self-starter with good technical writing.
• Experience with Python.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical architecture, testing and integration of avionics components.
• Support AIT, launch integration and on-orbit operations.
• Develop and execute assembly procedures and validation processes.
• Lead design and development of avionics systems for spacecraft.
• Create verification, qualification and acceptance tests plans.
• Coordinate with avionics and manufacturing teams to execute tests.
• Propose upgrades based on experience.

Skills

Python

LabVIEW

C/C++

Analog & Digital design

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic Analyzers

Signal Generators

Multimeters

Bench Power Supplies

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 componentsystem 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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• 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
• To conform to US Government space technology export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations ITAR you must be a US citizen lawful permanent resident of the US protected individual as defined by 8 USC 1324ba3 or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the US Department of State

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