Senior Electrical Engineer

Astrion; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design, analyses, integration, test, and management of electrical subsystems for spacecraft, payloads, instruments, and technology demonstrations.

The role emphasizes power generation and distribution, avionics, grounding, data signals, and safety, with extensive spaceflight experience and thorough familiarity with Altium, schematics, and verification testing. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of related experience in electrical engineering, aerospace, or a similar field.
• Experience with EEE parts, harnessing, and space environment considerations.
• NASA or industry spaceflight experience.
• Proficiency with Altium for electrical design and layout.
• Ability to read and review electrical schematics and drawings.
• Experience with electrical verification and environmental testing (ESS).
• Strong communication and ability to present to diverse audiences.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to prioritize tasks.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyses, integration, test, and management of the electrical subsystem of spacecraft, payloads, instruments, and technology demonstrations
• Define system architecture and decompose into electrical block diagrams and designs
• Design electrical subsystem including power generation, power distribution, avionics, grounding, isolation, data signals, and safety
• Define the work products, tasks, parts, components, and electrical system architecture in support of the project concept of operations and requirements
• Design activities include power budgets, circuit design, printed circuit board layout, parts selection, harnessing, analyses, and Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
• Creating, reading, evaluating, updating, and reviewing electrical schematics and drawings
• Working with other subsystem engineers (mechanical, thermal, C&DH, ADCS/GNC, communications, propulsion, software) to optimize design form, fit, function, and performance of the electrical subsystem
• Derating EEE parts for the spaceflight environment
• Evaluation of EEE parts for radiation environments including Total Ionizing Dose (TID) and Single Event Effects (SEE)
• Create, define, document, control, and verify electrical interfaces for subsystems, payloads, and technologies
• Coordination with fabrication for PCB production and parts placement to NASA standards and best practices
• Define, write test procedures, and perform electrical subsystem tests to validate and verify the system design
• Responsible for monthly, annual, and milestone review electrical products and reports
• Identify, communicate, and deconflict tasks, deliverables, and schedule impacts
• Working with the project managers, systems engineers, and technical staff to forecast, track performance, and provide insights
• Interface with Government, contractors and mission partner staff for electrical design and interfaces
• Some travel may be required to support mission and project partners

Skills

Electrical engineering expertise

Spaceflight experience

Reading schematics & drawings

Verifications & testing

Communication skills

Time management

Self-motivation

Leadership potential

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

10+ years of related experience

Tools

Altium

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Overview

Senior Electrical Engineer

LOCATION: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

JOB STATUS: Full-time

CLEARANCE: None

CERTIFICATION:

TRAVEL: As Needed

SALARY: 175,000 – 200,000

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Engineer located at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA. The electrical engineer is responsible for the design, analyses, integration, test, and management of the electrical subsystem of spacecraft, payloads, instruments, and technology demonstrators. The electrical subsystem includes the power generation, power distribution, avionics, grounding, isolation, data signals, inhibits and electrical safety.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar technical area
• At least 10 years of related experience in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or relevant technical field
• Detailed understanding of electrical engineering, avionics, power generation/distribution, EEE parts, and harnessing as applied to space environments
• NASA or industry spaceflight experience
• Detail knowledge and experience with Altium for electrical designs and layout
• Demonstrated skillset with reading, evaluating, and reviewing electrical schematics and drawings
• Experience with electrical verification and validation including electrical testing, pinout checks, safe to mates, and Environmental Stress Screening (ESS)
• Must be flexible in adapting to deadlines, changing schedules, competing priorities, and unpredictable events
• Thorough, detail oriented, and organized, with excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize tasks
• Familiar with and able to present data and recommendations to a diverse audience of project managers, scientists, engineers and technical staff
• Superb verbal and written communication skills
• Ideal candidate has demonstrated ability to assign work and manage personnel and tasks
• Self-motivated and independent thinker

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Knowledge and experience with NASA standards and best practices as they relate to Electrical Design and EEE parts a desire
• Understanding of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) / Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) a benefit
• Experience with Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) a bonus
• Working knowledge of Atlassian tools Confluence and Jira beneficial
• Exceptional customer relationship management highly desirable
• You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what is outlined, but if you think you can bring Electrical Engineering value we encourage you to apply

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the design, analyses, integration, test, and management of the electrical subsystem of spacecraft, payloads, instruments, and technology demonstrations
• System architecture definition and decomposition into electrical block diagrams and designs
• Design the electrical subsystem including power generation, power distribution, avionics, grounding, isolation, data signals, inhibits, and electrical safety
• Define the work products, tasks, parts, components, and electrical system architecture in support of the project concept of operations and requirements
• Design activities include power budgets, circuit design, printed circuit board layout, parts selection, harnessing, analyses, and Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
• Creating, reading, evaluating, updating, and reviewing electrical schematics and drawings
• Working with other subsystem engineers (mechanical, thermal, C&DH, ADCS/GNC, communications, propulsion, software) to optimize design form, fit, function, and performance of the electrical subsystem
• Derating EEE parts for the spaceflight environment
• Evaluation of EEE parts for radiation environments including Total Ionizing Dose (TID) and Single Event Effects (SEE)
• Create, define, document, control, and verify electrical interfaces for subsystems, payloads, and technologies
• Coordination with fabrication for PCB production and parts placement to NASA standards and best practices
• Define, write test procedures, and perform electrical subsystem tests to validate and verify the system design
• Responsible for monthly, annual, and milestone review electrical products and reports
• Identify, communicate, and deconflict tasks, deliverables, and schedule impacts
• Working with the project managers, systems engineers, and technical staff to forecast, track performance, and provide insights
• Interface with Government, contractors and mission partner staff for electrical design and interfaces
• Some travel may be required to support mission and project partners