Senior Electrical Engineer - Space Technologies

SpaceNews; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 101,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & vision

401K match

9/80 schedule

Job summary

AeroVironment in Albuquerque, NM is seeking electrical engineers at all levels to join a team delivering advanced space hardware for GEO, MEO, LEO and cislunar missions. You will work on leading edge tasks in laser communications, space electronics and sensors.

Requirements include a Master’s in EE with 5+ years (or a BSEE with 8+ years), strong circuit design and analytical skills, and experience with Altium, SPICE, MATLAB, Simulink, HyperLynx and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 5+ years of experience or a Bachelor’s with 8+ years of experience.
• Experience in design, analysis, integration and test of custom electronics.
• Proficiency in electrical design software and simulation tools (Altium, SPICE, MATLAB, Simulink, HyperLynx, MS Office).
• Ability to conduct circuit analysis and simulation to optimize performance and reliability.
• Understanding of space qualification standards and requirements.
• Experience designing custom electronics for space products.
• Experience with PCB layouts and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design custom high speed digital electronics including ADCs, DACs, FPGAs, processors and communications drivers.
• Design and analyze analog circuits including low-noise signal conditioning and power amplifiers.
• Collaborate with peers to meet program technical needs within time and budget constraints.
• Support electronics manufacturing and test within a broad program team.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Electrical design

Circuit analysis

Space hardware

High-speed digital design

FPGA

PCB layout

Power electronics

Documentation (ICD/DDD)

Security clearance

Simulation tools

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

SPICE

MATLAB

Simulink

HyperLynx

MS Office

Job description

Summary AV provides a full suite of exquisite, space-qualified hardware trusted to fly in the most extreme environments space presents across GEO, MEO, LEO and Cislunar orbits. With hundreds of systems flying in space, our customers turn to AV when a mission can’t fail. Our team is expanding to do the big things that have never been done before – the things the nation and the world are counting on us to deliver. Join the transformation and help us make this impact now. We are seeking electrical engineers at all levels. The selected candidates will join a dynamic team working to put Great Systems on Orbit with capabilities to perform leading edge tasks in laser communications, space electronics and sensors.

Summary AV provides a full suite of exquisite, space-qualified hardware trusted to fly in the most extreme environments space presents across GEO, MEO, LEO and Cislunar orbits. With hundreds of systems flying in space, our customers turn to AV when a mission can’t fail. Our team is expanding to do the big things that have never been done before – the things the nation and the world are counting on us to deliver. Join the transformation and help us make this impact now. We are seeking electrical engineers at all levels. The selected candidates will join a dynamic team working to put Great Systems on Orbit with capabilities to perform leading edge tasks in laser communications, space electronics and sensors.

Position Responsibilities

• Design custom high speed digital electronics including the use of ADCs, DACs, FPGAs, processors, and communications drivers.
• Design, and conduct analysis of, analog circuits including low-noise signal conditioning and power amplifiers. Provide expertise to both product development and R&D efforts.
• Collaborate with peers, leads, and managers to develop, review, and refine designs and analyses to meet program technical needs within defined time and budget constraints.
• Work within a broad-disciplined program team providing expertise in support of electronics manufacturing and test.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering with 5 years of experience or a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with a minimum of 8 years of experience can be considered instead of a master’s degree.
• Experience in design, analysis, integration, and test of custom electronics
• Proficiency in electrical design software and simulation tools (such as Altium, SPICE, MATLAB, Simulink, HyperLynx, and MS Office).
• Ability to conduct circuit analysis and simulation to optimize performance and reliability.

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Understanding of space qualification standards and requirements.
• Experience designing custom electronics for space products.
• Experience designing to a defined requirements.
• Experience with analysis necessary for high reliability space electronics hardware (Electrical stress analysis, worst case circuit analysis, and reliability analysis).
• Experience producing PCB layouts
• Experience and understanding of PCB manufacturing and assembly processes.
• Understanding of relevant IPC standards needed for electrical design and fabrication.
• Experience developing and conducting testing of complex electronic sub-assemblies along with design of special test equipment (STE).
• Experience deriving sub-assembly requirements from higher-level, flowed down, system requirements and defining test methodologies.
• Experience developing design & verification documentation (Interface Control Document/Drawings (ICD), Design Description Document (DDD), Test Plan, Test Procedures, Test Reports, etc.).
• Written and verbal communication skills necessary to present designs to internal and external stakeholders.
• Able to complete assigned work within a defined timeline and budget.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance.

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment (Constant)
• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

No Clearance

The Salary Range For This Role Is

$100,500 - $153,250

ITAR Requirement

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR

• 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits

• AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.