Senior Spacecraft 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

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.