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Jacobs · 1 month ago

Electronics Design Engineer - Space Exploration Electronic Systems

20331-ESCG2224 Bay Area Boulevard

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Jacobs is a leading engineering solutions provider working closely with NASA on space exploration projects. They are seeking an Electronics Design Engineer - Space Exploration Electronic Systems to support various mission operations, develop power systems, conduct testing, and provide design guidance for electronics systems in the context of space exploration.

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U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Report directly to the Electronics and Electrical Section Manager as part of group of over 45 other Electronics and Electrical Engineers

Serve as Subject Matter Expert for VIPER’s electrical power subsystem

Provide VIPER Mission Operations Support (updates to Power Console handbook, Ground Alarm Limit, and tools), including monitoring of live telemetry and subsystem performance

Provide VIPER Mission Operations Console Operations (Post-landing Simulation, Planning Simulation, Driving & Safe Haven Simulation, and Permanently Shadowed Region Operations Simulation)

Develop and maintain power budgets, load analyses, and fault-response logic

Conduct System Testing: MGRU4 Long Duration and Battery Low State-of-Charge Driving test, Long Term Storage 6-month Vehicle Power-on Checkout Test, VIPER Powered-on Sustaining Test, and VIPER Flight SW Update and Powered-on Sustaining Test

Serve as the VIPER/Lander Power Quality Test Lead (Test objectives and TPS development, and Testbed Dry-run execution)

Serve as VIPER Testbed Lab Manager (Monthly ESD Checks, Weekly Cleanliness Assay, Calibrated Equipment Management, and Testbed Enclosure Upgrade Design and Implementation to support evolving test requirement)

Document test configurations and analyze results to support anomaly resolution and system improvements

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 component 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 designer to develop printed circuit board designs

Work in a laboratory environment, following standard operating procedures

Perform other duties as required and assigned

Qualification

Power System AnalysisPower Supply DesignCircuit DesignLabVIEW DevelopmentFPGA DesignData AnalysisTelemetry InterpretationEmbedded SystemsPythonMS Office ProficiencyCommunicationTeam Collaboration

Required

Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and normally possess 5-10 years of related experience

Prior experience conducting Power System Analysis for mission operations /planning and requirement close-out using Simscape (Electrical) to model and run simulations

Prior experience conducting data analysis using National Instruments DIAdem, including data visualization, scripting, and automated reporting for engineering and test datasets

Prior experience with Power Supply Design, Power supply soft start circuit design, and switching regulators

Prior experience with power supply remote senses, power distribution for PCB layout, Power Supply Phase Impedance measurements, and Power Supply efficiency calculation

Prior experience in test of power supply and conditioning systems

Prior experience with power system stability analysis

Prior experience with circuit design of analog PCB, digital PCB, and power PCB

Prior experience with SPICE Simulation

Prior experience with Power Quality

Prior experience with bonding and grounding

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 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)

Prior experience with microcontroller circuitry design and associated embedded software development environments

Preferred

BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and five (5) years of related engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and four (4) years of related engineering experience, or Ph.D. from an accredited engineering school and zero (0) years of related experience

Background in Systems Engineering

Prior experience with JSC standards and processes

Prior experience supporting NASA flight or surface mission operations

Prior expertise working with solar arrays, batteries, converters, fault protection, and distribution architectures

Prior experience with Verification closure (Level 2 and Level 3 requirements / 8070 Standard Compliance)

Prior experience mentoring engineers or leading subsystem troubleshooting efforts

Prior experience with telemetry interpretation and real-time monitoring

Familiarity with rover or robotic vehicle operations in lunar or analog environments

Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, or Excel-based telemetry analysis tools

Familiarity with data interface protocols and associated hardware such as Ethernet, RS232, RS422, RS485, I2C, SPI etc

Prior experience with design and testing cable harnesses, design and testing of analog instrumentation systems, design and testing of stepper and brushless DC-DC control circuits, and design and testing of power supply and conditioning systems

Experience with test hardware such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, logic analyzers, function generators, electronic load banks, power supplies, power analyzers

Prior experience in design and test of analog instrumentation systems

Project based experience designing, building, testing, and troubleshooting power distribution electronics, battery systems, and other electrical hardware (requirements definition, system modeling and simulation; circuit analysis; PCB design, fabrication, and assembly; harness design and fabrication; requirements verification)

Hands on experience in the design, build, and test of embedded systems

Prior experience with circuit simulation tools such as OrCAD, Multisim etc

Experience with hardware and VHDL-based development for Space applications

Knowledge with Linux application/embedded code development

Familiarity with the Linux operating system and programming in C/C++

Experience in the hardware design of embedded systems (microcontrollers, FPGAs, sensor interfaces, I2C/SPI buses, UARTS, etc.)

Excellent communication 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

Proficient in MS Office programs, particularly MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, OneNote, OneDrive and Outlook

Excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to work in a team environment