Electronics Design Engineer

The Electronics Design Engineer - Space Exploration Electronic Systems will support the space program located in Houston, TX.

• Report directly to the Electronics and Electrical Section Manager as part of group of over 45 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 components 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 designers to develop printed circuit board designs.
• Work in a laboratory environment, following standard operating procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

This position has been posted at multiple levels (must meet minimum level indicated). 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.

• This position requires US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
• This position requires experience in the space industry or Department of Defense/Department of War.
• Must have a bachelor's degree in the field of engineering.
• Must have 10+ years of recent and related work experience.
• Prior experience leading team of electronics design engineers.
• Experience in requirements definition and architecture development.
• Prior experience with circuit design of analog PCB, digital PCB, and power PCB, including fabrication and assembly.
• 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 in cable design and fabrication for space applications.
• Prior experience with JSC standards and processes.
• 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 (Xilinx FPGA using VIVADO tool) for space applications.
• Experience in microcontroller circuit design and development of embedded systems, including hands‑on design, build, and testing, as well as proficiency with embedded software development environments.
• Prior experience with requirements verification.

• Prior experience programming in C/C++ and Python.
• Prior experience with circuit simulation tools such as Pspice, OrCAD, Multisim etc.
• Experience with test hardware such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, logic analyzers, function generators, electronic load banks, power supplies, power analyzers.
• Familiarity with data interface protocols and associated hardware such as Ethernet, RS232, RS422, RS485, I2C, SPI etc.
• Prior experience in design and test of analog instrumentation systems.
• Prior experience with design and testing of analog instrumentation systems, stepper and brushless DC‑DC control circuits, and of power supply and conditioning systems.
• Experience in the design, development, and validation of NASA space‑flight hardware.
• Excellent communication skills, organizational 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.