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As a Spacecraft Avionics Engineer, you will help design, optimize, procure, integrate and test multi-domain space mission avionics architectures for testbeds and spacecraft missions for both civilian and DoD applications. These avionics designs will include, but aren't limited to: embedded flight computers, digital data buses, sensor/actuator command and data handling as well as digital and analog data collection and transmission. Candidate designs will stem from understanding, analyzing and evaluating satellite and constellation capabilities, mission concepts, and system requirements. You will analyze a wide variety of solutions to meet our customer's mission needs and ensure solutions meet customer requirements by making data-driven decisions. You will have great latitude to be creative, conceiving and testing various approaches to determine which is best suited to meet technical and programmatic objectives. You will work across our engineering product teams to recommend candidate approaches that support the objectives, operational concepts and interfaces at the mission, segment, system, and sub-system levels. You will identify key performance parameters and constraints to enable mission success and future capabilities. Responsibilities include: prototype testing, subsequent delivery of flight qualified end items, development of various tools and contributions to design trades and analyses. You will also contribute to evaluating the mission effectiveness of the candidate approaches, balancing mission objectives against factors such as development and lifecycle costs.
The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations - with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries. Learn more about IAS Must-haves:- Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline and typically 10 or more years of relevant experience.
- Experience with standard electrical engineering COTS tools (such as Spice).
- Experience composing and analyzing Electrical Load Analysis (ELA), circuit modeling, simulation, and analysis.
- Knowledge of interface and design documentation such as interface control documents (ICDs) and functional block diagrams.
- Experience with routing multiple classes of electrical signals, with consideration of electromagnetic compatibility, including both low & high voltage power, digital communications, various types of analog and discrete signals, etc.
- Ability to rapidly work with minimal supervision on projects involving both small and large engineering teams.
- Desire for new challenges, to be on the ground floor of an exciting capability for our nation, and to be part of the initial cadre developing a new multi-domain system.
- Willingness to work on a small team performing complex engineering design evaluations for a diverse mission where everyone's input matters.
- Experience working on multi-disciplinary design and development teams.
- Thorough understanding of systems engineering principles, requirements analysis (RA), CONOP development and Verification and Validation (V&V).
- The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required. Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances
- An active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility; U.S. Security Clearance strongly desired.
- Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline and typically 8 or more years of relevant experience in the aerospace and defense industry.
- Experience developing models and simulations using software and software languages such as MATLAB, Python, or C.
- Experience integrating space qualified build-to-spec and COTS avionics hardware components.
- Experience with vehicle wiring/harness design and physical routing/layout.
- Knowledge of industry-standard electrical design principles, to include, but not limited to: model-based definition, electrical component selection, manufacturing, and production processes.
- Working knowledge of digital data bus architectures including MIL-STD-1553B, RS-422, and high-speed data buses (e.g. LVDS, SpaceWire, and Ethernet).
- Experience with electrical CAD design packages (such as Mentor Graphics Capital/VeSys, Zuken E3) and physical CAD tools (such as SolidWorks, NX).
- Working knowledge of EEE Parts selection considerations.
- Knowledge of EMI/EMC standards, such as MIL-STD-461.
- Knowledge of aircraft/spacecraft connector standards (MIL-DTL-38999, MIL-DTL-5015, etc.).
- Experience leading electrical integration efforts for a spacecraft program.
- Experience performing design and optimization of avionics systems.
- Advanced experience with requirements management and system modeling tools, such as SysML, Cameo Enterprise Architect, Teamwork Cloud, DOORS, Unified Architecture Framework, etc.
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Demonstrated experience briefing technical subjects to both technical and non-technical individuals and delivering key messages and insights from analysis products.
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