Spacecraft Electrical Engineer - Turion Space
Irvine, CA 92618
About the Job
Description
As an Electrical Engineer you will have ownership over design and testing of hardware designs for spacecraft bus and/or payload development. You will be expected to work within a cross-disciplinary team supporting the development of electrical systems for use in satellites. You must be willing to learn and adapt to working outside of your comfort zone.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop high reliability electrical systems and PCBs for satellite devices.
- Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test.
- Perform PCB troubleshooting and root cause analysis down to component level.
- Be responsible for entire satellite electrical system.
- Define and lead satellite harness definition and fabrication processes.
- Prepare fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, BOMs, and general documentation required for design transfer to fabrication and assembly.
- Maintain and update requirements and design documentation throughout the entire system life cycle
- Maintain effective communication with all the functional groups to ensure project success (such as mechanical, manufacturing, software, test, and supply chain)
- Support on-orbit operations as electrical systems subject matter expert
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field required
- 2-4 years of hardware development experience in PCB board design and layout and electronic system prototyping and validation
- Advanced proficiency with design tools for schematic capture (Altium preferred)
- Comfortable working in the lab with oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, and logic analyzers
- Demonstrates strong technical ability and creativity at a fundamental level
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Strong technical documentation skills
- Must be able to obtain a Secret and/or a TS/SCI clearance.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Passion for space and curiosity for electronics in high-reliability applications
- Excitement for making systems smarter, better, faster, cheaper
- Experience making products or systems work with minimal time and resources
- Experience with developing fundamentally new hardware, not just incrementally updating legacy hardware
- Experience with circuit simulation tools such as LTSpice
- Soldering skills on surface mount and thru-hole components
- Experience with switching power supply design.
- Experience with requirements management
- Experience with system verification and validation
- Embedded systems and microcontroller implementation and programming
- Understanding of analog high speed and differential signal routing
- Experience with high performance digital processors, FPGAs, memory chips, or network switches
- Experience with circuit board design-for-manufacturability, productization of electronics
ITAR Requirements:
- This position may include access to technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export controls. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Benefits
- Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Retirement Plans: Access to a 401(k) plan.
- Paid Time Off: Generous vacation days, personal days, and holidays to ensure you have time to recharge.
- Professional Development: Opportunities for ongoing training, workshops, and courses to advance your skills and career growth.
- Team Building Activities: Regular social events, team outings, and company-sponsored activities to foster a positive work environment.
- Diverse and Inclusive Culture: A commitment to diversity and inclusion, with initiatives to support a welcoming and equitable work environment.
Turion Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Turion Space is governed on the basis of 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. Applicants wishing to view a copy of Turion’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resources Department.
Source : Turion Space
