Senior GNC Hardware Engineer – Blue Ring

Senior GNC Hardware Engineer – Blue Ring

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to work with test, flight and safety critical hardware
• Minimum 7 years experience with spacecraft/satellite hardware development and/or execution, hardware ownership (responsible engineer), or hardware qualification and/or acceptance testing, i.e. IMUs, Star Trackers, GPS Receivers, RWAs, etc.
• B.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Physics, Systems Engineering or related technical subject area
• Experience with analytical and scripting tools: Matlab, LabView, Python, C++
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast paced, dynamic work environment
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, standards and technical requirements
• Ability to perform data analysis and reduction and present technical information in a clear and compelling visual format
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and coordination of resources necessary to successfully procure, accept and integrate GNC components to support new technology insertions
• Develop hardware, firmware and software product solutions to contribute towards future vehicle designs
• Provide input and direction on state-of-the art hardware and firmware technologies for vertical integration initiatives
• Support verification and testing, ensuring the GN&C components and subsystem complies to its requirements
• Collaborate on the implementation of the software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing, on-vehicle functional testing and flight-testing for multiple vehicles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience designing and handling GN&C actuation systems such as Reaction Wheel Assemblies (RWAs), Control Moment Gyros (CMGs), Thrust Vector Controls (TVCs) etc
• Hands-on test and production facility, factory or laboratory experience
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or system integration labs (SIL)
• Experience in verification, validation and test of embedded software and hardware systems for flight critical applications.
• Experience with requirements development/management tools; DOORS, DOORS Next Gen and lifecycle management (PLM) and/or data, Windchill
• Hands-on testing experience in thermal, vibration, shock, EMI/EMC and vacuum testing on flight hardware in accordance with MIL-STD-810, SMC-S-016 and MIL-STD-1540
• Experience selecting and sourcing radiation-hardened components