Space Instrument Electrical Engineer; R&D Engineer

What You Will Do

This position will be filled at the R&D Engineer 1 or 2 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

Come join our passionate team of R&D scientists and engineers supporting national security! The Space Electronics and Signal Processing (ISR-4) Group is seeking R&D Electrical Engineers to assist and lead the design and development of high-quality, innovative measurement systems followed by their deployment on ground, launched on suborbital rockets, or into space for national security applications and NASA missions. This job is the essence of "Cradle to Grave" engineering;

once designed, built, and tested, you will often provide subject matter expertise for payload delivery, launch, and operations over the life of the mission whether in earth orbit for 10+ years, Mars, or deep space. ISR's 400+ instruments fly on over 200 satellites, including numerous NASA missions like Voyager, that has left our solar system, and the last two Mars Rovers.

Many of the custom instrumentation we produce is utilized to solve significant issues for our nation's security - something we have been doing so since the early 1960's. For more information, see the ISR division webpage: m.lanl.gov/space

If you possess self-initiative and enjoy working in a small team environment of rapid prototype, high quality, low volume, electronics assemblies this is the job for you. ISR-4 is looking for a few highly motivated early to mid-career electrical engineers to assist in the development of custom instrumentation for various space-based detection systems. These systems can include:

• Satellite-based detectors for space monitoring programs in support of nonproliferation and nuclear event detection missions;
• Payloads for planetary science missions;
• Smallsat and Cubesat systems;
• Sub-orbital payload systems; and
• Ground-based test beds, system integration, radar, and deployed sensing systems.

R&D Engineer 1 $ 96,600 - $158,000

As a Space Instrument Electrical Engineer, you will work within a multidisciplinary team of scientist and engineers to define specifications, design, model, fabricate, and test the resulting instrument. As an R&D Engineer 1, you work on defined tasking with guidance and mentorship while growing toward self-sufficiency in execution and documentation. You seek out opportunities for growth, such as formal education and participation in professional societies.

R&D Engineer 2 $ 106,400 - $176,000

In addition to what was outlined at the lower level, as an R&D Engineer 2 you are self-sufficient in identifying tasking and applying advanced electrical engineering methodologies while ensuring this is done safely, securely, and at the quality dictated by space environments. You will continue to build on your strong communication skills through leadership opportunities, collaborations, and mentoring early career staff, as well as growing in responsibility, autonomy, and influence by proposing innovative solutions and taking on leadership for subsystems.

Minimum

Job Requirements:

Demonstrated coursework or design experience in at least ONE of the following electronics engineering focus areas:

• Analog Design:
  Analog circuit design fundamentals; low-noise design principles; sensor interface circuits; signal conditioning and shaping; high-frequency analog design considerations.
• Digital Design:
  Synchronous digital design and FPGA development using VHDL or Verilog; synthesis, place-and-route, simulation, timing analysis, and testbench development; testing, troubleshooting, technical documentation, and digital circuit card design.
• Cross-Domain Design:
  Systems-level approach to engineering problems involving multiple technical disciplines; evaluation of trade-offs among analog, digital, firmware, software, mechanical, thermal, or other design considerations; and development of integrated solutions that balance performance, reliability, manufacturability, and implementation constraints.
• Power Supply Design:
  Design and analysis of linear voltage regulators, DC/DC converters,…