Electronic Component Engineer

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration.

As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Electronic Component Engineer to join the JETSII Contract with Aerodyne Industries, a teammate company for NASA GFE Flight Projects and NASA Programs to join our team.

As an Electronic Component Engineer - EEE Parts for NASA GFE Flight Projects and NASA Programs you will:

• Work as a Team Lead with associated Electronics Component Engineers supporting several NASA projects and programs.
• Report directly to the Electronics and Electrical Section Manager as part of a group of 50 other Electronics and Electrical Engineers.
• Provide Electrical, Electronic and Electromagnetic (EEE) parts support to NASA GFE Flight Projects and NASA Programs.
• Evaluate proposed EEE Parts lists with respect to the projects specific hardware criticality and environments.
• Report on the manufacturers, materials, construction, usage (environment & electrical de-rating), and overall reliability of the selected parts to the EEE parts control board (PCB).
• Recommend replacement EEE parts.
• Assist in EEE parts failure investigations.
• Review Military and industry EEE parts specifications, standards and studies for application to NASA programs.
• Assist in the development of EEE part qualification plans, project specific screening requirements, and Non-Standard Part Approval Requests (NSPAR).
• Work in a laboratory environment as required, following standard operating procedures.
• Perform other duties as required and assigned.

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 degree in Engineering and may be expected to have a related masters degree and normally possess 10-15 years of related experience.
• BS degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited engineering school and 10 years of related engineering experience.
• Prior experience leading a technical team
• Interfaces with NASA customer on a regular basis and coordinates team assignments and individual tasking
• Supporting design reviews and product development teams.
• U n de r standing of component selection, screening, qualification, and derating for use in space flight applications.
• Supporting project teams in EEE related activities including review and generation of project related documents such as procurement specifications and source control drawings (SCDs).
• Assist in preparation, analysis and distribution of NASA Advisories and Government Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP) Alerts.
• Assist in part selection and obsolescence review.
• Assist in electrical part failure investigation.
• Assist design program in writing the NSPAR (Non Standard Parts Approval Request) with the PCB info.
• Assist RITF or other groups with DPA (Destructive Physical analysis) for any PCB as a condition for part approval.
• Support project in finding Passive and Active components. Passive components such as:
  Resistors, capacitors, transformers, etc. And Active components such as: ICs, transistors, diodes.
• Development of part specifications and test procedures for space level parts.
• Provide technical assistance to contracted tests labs and part manufacturers.
• Provide customer/project team applications assistance.
• Review electrical test…