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Cable & Harness Electronics Design Engineer - Aerospace
Houston, TXAs an Electronics Design Engineer - Space Exploration Electronics Systems you will:
- Report directly to the Electronics and Electrical Section Manager as part of group of over 55 other Electronics and Electrical Engineers
- Work directly with or as a Team Lead and associated Electrical Engineers on a given project.
- Support new designs from conception, analysis, and manufacturing, through to operational test and deployment
- Provide design support and guidance in various aspects of Electronics System Development
- Be familiar with NASA specifications for Electronics Component development
- Develop component test stand architectures for various components
- Design and generate electrical component and lab instrumentation test system designs
- Develop and or modify LabVIEW code for various test systems
- Develop detailed test verification procedures
- Work with electrical and mechanical technicians to build and test designed systems
- Develop and test various breakout boxes and digital/analog sensor emulation systems
- Perform electrical evaluation/selection of instrumentation (pressure transducers, flow meters, pumps, fans, RTDs, Thermocouples, etc.)
- Troubleshoot and repair existing test systems
- Conduct analog and digital printed circuit board design for various application needs
- Develop test software modules to perform specific tests
- Work with eCAD designer to develop printed circuit board designs
- Work in a laboratory environment, following standard operating procedures
- Perform other duties as required
- BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and five (5) years of related engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and four (4) years of related engineering experience, or Ph.D. from an accredited engineering school and zero (0) years of related experience
- Prior experience with Analog, Digital and Power electrical schematic entry and printed circuit board layout tools such as Altium Designer
- Prior experience with data acquisition systems (especially National Instruments) and LabVIEW code development
- Prior experience with FPGA circuitry design and coding in associated VHDL development environments.
- Prior experience with microcontroller circuitry design and associated embedded software development environments
- Prior experience in cable design for space applications
- Prior experience with JSC standards and processes
- Familiarity with data interface protocols and associated hardware such as Ethernet, RS232, RS422, RS485, I2C, SPI etc.
- Experience with test hardware such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, logic analyzers, function generators, electronic load banks, power supplies, power analyzers
- Prior experience with cable design
- Prior experience in design and test of analog instrumentation systems
- Prior experience in design and test of stepper and brushless DC-DC control circuits
- Prior experience in design and test of power supply and conditioning systems
- Prior experience in version control software like Subversion (SVN)
- Proficient in MS Office programs, particularly MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, OneNote, SharePoint and Outlook
- Excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to work in a team environment