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 and assigned.
Requisition Qualifications:
This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.
Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and normally possess 5-10 years of related experience.
Prior experience with Power Supply Design, Power supply soft start circuit design, and switching regulators
Prior experience with power supply remote senses, power distribution for PCB layout, Power Supply Phase Impedance measurements, and Power Supply efficiency calculation.
Prior experience in test of power supply and conditioning systems.
Prior experience with bonding and grounding
Prior experience with circuit design of analog PCB, digital PCB, and power PCB.
Prior experience with electrical schematic entry and printed circuit board layout tools such as Altium Designer, and version control software like Subversion (SVN).
Prior experience with data acquisition systems (especially National Instruments) and LabVIEW code development
Requisition Preferences:
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.
Hands on experience in the design, build, and test of embedded systems
Prior experience with circuit simulation tools such as Pspice, OrCAD, Multisim etc .
Experience with hardware and VHDL-based development for Space applications
Knowledge with Linux application/embedded code development.
Familiarity with the Linux operating system and programming in C/C++ and Python.
Experience in the hardware design of embedded systems (microcontrollers, FPGAs, sensor interfaces, I2C/SPI buses, UARTS, etc.)
Prior experience with Generators, electronic load banks/power banks, power supplies, power analyzers
Prior experience with JSC standards and processes
Familiarity with data interface protocols and associated hardware such as Ethernet, RS232, RS422, RS485, I2C, SPI etc.
Prior experience with design and testing cable harnesses, design and testing of analog instrumentation systems. design and testing of stepper and brushless DC-DC control circuits, and design and testing of power supply and conditioning systems.
Experience with test hardware such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, logic analyzers, function generators, electronic load banks, power supplies, power analyzers
Prior experience in design and test of analog instrumentation systems
Project based experience designing, building, testing, and troubleshooting power distribution electronics, battery systems, and other electrical hardware (requirements definition, system modeling and simulation; circuit analysis; PCB design, fabrication, and assembly; harness design and fabrication; requirements verification)
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers designing and building world-class, NASA space-flight hardware.
Proficient in MS Office programs, particularly MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, OneNote, OneDrive and Outlook
Excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to work in a team environment.