Parts Engineer II

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Located in Pasadena, California, JPL has a campus-like environment situated on 177 acres in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and offers a work environment unlike any other: we inspire passion, foster innovation, build collaboration, and reward excellence.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, based in Pasadena, CA is NASA’s lead center for robotic exploration of the solar system. We have an unmatched history creating groundbreaking advances in science and technology, and we’ve been in the space exploration business since the beginning. JPL builds rovers for Mars, landers for Europa, explorers for the Moon, and spacecraft to study our changing Earth.

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Are you passionate about evaluating potential approaches and solutions to new and unusual problems? How would you like to be a member of JPL's Electronic Parts Reliability Engineering Group? This group is part of an organization responsible for reviewing all Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical Parts (EEE) parts for reliability related performance and advises the projects on part selection, conducts scientific experiments or theoretical analysis to determine the physical behavior of parts in a space-like environment, oversees part procurement to ensure compliance with engineering requirements and maintains part inventories.

Our work is especially dynamic in today’s environment where commercial and high reliability components are both being utilized to build spacecrafts and satellites.

As a Microelectronics Engineer
, you will be responsible for:

• Evaluate, select and approve electronics from design, construction, quality and reliability perspectives for use in space missions.
• Advise project management on electronic part selections that maximize reliability while considering schedule and cost constraints.
• Develop part engineering specifications and drawings.
• Interface with Mission Assurance Managers, Circuit Design Engineers, and part manufacturers.
• Work with manufacturers on new component development and lead resolution of technical issues to support project flight build.
• Support technical surveys and audits of electronics part suppliers.
• Perform statistical data analysis and risk assessments.
• Disposition test and inspection failures, including those during screening, destructive physical analysis (DPA), lot qualification, and receiving inspection.
• Develop screening methods that effectively reduce risk in space and during manufacturing of digital microelectronics.
• Understand potential failure mechanisms affecting electronics and participate in failure investigations and reliability assessments.
• Utilize the Part Acquisition and Review System (PARS) to review project parts lists and assess part compliance with project requirements.
• Serve as an essential team member within the Group, ensuring part reviews, screening and testing, and procurement meet project schedule.
• Develop, execute and analyze reliability testing for new devices and publish findings

• This position typically requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Physics, Materials Science/Engineering, Applied Mathematics or related technical discipline with typically a minimum of 3 years of…