hands-on technical leadership position supporting the Weather portfolio’s aerospace integration and test activities
Compensation
Sign-On Bonus: A sign-on bonus of up to $50K may be included as part of an offer package for this level
Responsibilities
Drive compliance with safety, quality, test, program, and configuration-management requirements.
Serve as a subject matter expert for integration and test activities involving components, submodules, modules, instruments, payloads, and space-vehicle hardware.
Lead large, complex test initiatives and coordinate execution across engineering, technicians, manufacturing, chamber operations, program teams, customers, suppliers, and support organizations.
Develop test strategies, plans, procedures, verification approaches, resource plans, readiness criteria, and technical briefings.
Provide technical direction during test setup, hardware integration, procedure execution, data collection, data review, requirements verification, and test reporting.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience; Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Nice to have: Experience supporting integration and test of space-qualified weather instruments, payloads, flight hardware, or space-vehicle hardware.
Nice to have: Experience leading large, complex test campaigns involving multidisciplinary engineering teams, technicians, program organizations, customers, and external suppliers.
Nice to have: Expertise in test planning, test-procedure development and execution, readiness reviews, requirements verification, data analysis, and test reporting.
Nice to have: Experience leading troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, corrective action, and anomaly resolution for complex electrical, mechanical, software, or system-level issues.
Conceptualization, design, development, testing, and integration of electrical systems.
Select and trade avionics architectures to balance performance, power, mass, cost, and reliability.
Ensure designs meet radiation hardness, reliability, and resilience standards for space environments.
Lead requirements definition and develop Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for integration with other spacecraft systems.
Integrate with other vehicle and test functions including thermal control, flight software, power distribution, test facilities, and test support equipment.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
Nice to have: Integration and test in spacecraft, aerospace, defense, or high reliability programs
Nice to have: Interface control documents
Nice to have: Requirements management tools such as Jama or DOORS
Nice to have: NASA SSRI, IEEE-ISTO-MOSA-IF-S-001, MIL-STD-1553, NASA-STD-7002, NASA-STD-3001
SEAKR is seeking an accomplished Space Electronics Systems Engineer to spearhead the design, development, testing, and qualification of mission-critical electronic subsystems for our next-generation products.
Compensation
Base salary range is $130,000- $180,000, depending on qualifications.
Responsibilities
Define and validate the architecture for avionics, payload electronics, power-distribution units, and environmental control systems.
Produce derived specifications, system-level block diagrams and test plans.
Evaluate and select commercial or radiation-hardened components (COTS, rad-hard) against mission specifications.
Oversee prototype build, assembly, and production-grade manufacturing.
Design and execute system-level test plans (electrical, functional, EMI/EMC, vibration, thermal).
Requirements
Bachelor’s (or Master’s) in Electrical Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
related discipline
Nice to have: RF processing system architecture and design
Nice to have: space-qualified microprocessors or FPGA families
The EMI/C Systems Engineer will be responsible for the complete compliance process from components to systems level, including EMI/C testing/designing, technical, cost, and schedule performance.
Reviews and tailors EMI/C test requirements to meet specified product and system performance for all aspects of Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) compliance.
Develops/designs models for interference coupling mechanisms, shielding integrity, and circuit/cable interface isolation to mitigate and control conducted/radiated emissions and susceptibility stimuli.
Performs EMI/EMC testing, analyzing, mitigating, and troubleshooting from components to systems level.
Designs and develops unique/specialized/efficient test apparatus and testing methodology related to EMI/C and RF electrical testing.
Develops work instructions of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, and/or controls.
The EMI/C Systems Engineer will be responsible for the complete compliance process from components to systems level, including EMI/C testing/designing, technical, cost, and schedule performance.
Reviews and tailors EMI/C test requirements to meet specified product and system performance for all aspects of Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) compliance
Develops/designs models for interference coupling mechanisms, shielding integrity, and circuit/cable interface isolation to mitigate and control conducted/radiated emissions and susceptibility stimuli
Performs EMI/EMC testing, analyzing, mitigating and troubleshooting from components to systems level
Designs and develops unique/specialized/efficient test apparatus and testing methodology related to EMI/C and RF electrical testing
Develops work Instructions of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments and/or controls
Responsible for the complete compliance process from components to systems level, including EMI/C testing/designing, technical, cost, and schedule performance.
Reviews and tailors EMI/C test requirements to meet specified product and system performance for all aspects of Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) compliance
Develops/designs models for interference coupling mechanisms, shielding integrity, and circuit/cable interface isolation to mitigate and control conducted/radiated emissions and susceptibility stimuli
Performs EMI/EMC testing, analyzing, mitigating and troubleshooting from components to systems level
Designs and develops unique/specialized/efficient test apparatus and testing methodology related to EMI/C and RF electrical testing
Develops work Instructions of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments and/or controls
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 2+ years of engineering experience
Master's degree in a STEM discipline
Nice to have: Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with a specialty in Electromagnetics, RF, and/or Analog Circuitry
Nice to have: Experience with Defense and Aerospace industry practices
Nice to have: Experience with EMI/C Lab and RF test equipment
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