Flight Software Engineer II Job Pasadena area,California USA,Engineering

Flight Software Engineer II

The Flight Communications & Tracking Section at JPL is looking for a Flight Software Engineer II to join their Communications Support Systems Group. The Group provides designs and develops state-of-the-art Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) that is customized for flight hardware integration and test at board, assembly, box, payload/subsystem, and spacecraft level integration and test (I&T). Automated control of test equipment, for test sequencing, data collection and data analyses is standard practice.

The work includes commercial and custom-built test hardware as well as commercial and custom developed control and automation software. The group is also expert in leading, planning, and performing informal and formal I&T for flight and non-flight tasks. Beyond their EGSE and I&T expertise, group members cross charge to support circuit design, board layout, and software/firmware development for telecom, radiometric and general avionics flight hardware.

Members are expert in EMI/EMC prevention and mitigation.

Tasks may include but are not limited to:

Design and develop circuits used in electronic devices.
Responsible for integrated circuit or printed wiring board (PWB) design, device evaluation and characterization, circuit analysis, test and support equipment design, prototype construction and checkout.
Design electronics subsystems and system architecture and develop requirements and specifications.
Develop advanced technology for use in electronics components and systems.
Perform software and/or firmware development for prototype through FM flight equipment.
Prepare test methods and specifications; analyzes equipment to establish operating data and conducts experimental tests; provides final equipment approval and prepares documentation and user information manuals.
Develop software and firmware for automation for controlling and sequencing of test equipment as well as collection and post processing of test data. Development and test tools may include AI.
Research, develop, design, and test electronic components, equipment, technology, systems and networks.
May include specifying, designing and testing for compatibility with applicable electromagnetic environments.

Qualifications:

Typically requires a Bachelor's in Electrical or Computer Engineering with a minimum of 3 years of related experience, Master's in a related discipline with a minimum of 1 years of related experience, PhD in a related discipline with a minimum of 0 years of related experience.
Familiarity with standard test equipment used for electrical and RF testing.
Experience with programming for control of test equipment with software tools such as LabVIEW, Python, C, C++, etc.
Experience with operating systems Windows, Linux and Bash Shell and Shell scripting.
Experience with FPGA development tools and development boards

Preferred

Skills:

Computer and analytical skills necessary for microwave circuit design (AWR Microwave Office, ADS, PSpice, HFSS)
Experience with developing hardware from concept to prototype to engineering model to field deployed/flight model stage with the goal to operate the hardware over multiple years in the relevant environment.
Experience with embedded software/firmware development on Polar Fire, Xilinx, Altera, Zynq, Snapdragon, etc.
Experience with mixed signal circuit board design, development and test including circuit analysis tools such as LTspice, and TINA-TI and board software tools such as OrCAD, Altium, and KiCad. Designs can include microprocessors, FPGAs, SoCs, A/Ds, and D/As.
Ability to assemble (both hands-on assembly and ability to work with assembly houses) and troubleshoot digital and microwave boards for impedance mismatches, parasitic coupling, grounding, and shielding issues, EMI/EMC, layout effects, and packaging imperfections using vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes with high bandwidth probes, phase noise measurement systems.
Experience with signal processing.
Strong communication skills both written and verbal.