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Bastion Technologies, Inc. · 6 hours ago

Engineer - Electronics Design

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Bastion Technologies, Inc. is seeking an Electronics Design Engineer to support the space program in Houston, TX. The role involves serving as a Subject Matter Expert for VIPER's electrical power subsystem and providing mission operations support, including system testing and design development.

Industrial EngineeringManufacturingSpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

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

Support new designs from conception, analysis, and manufacturing, through to operational test and deployment

Be familiar with NASA specifications for Electronics Component development

Develop component test stand architectures for various components

Develop and or modify LabVIEW code for various test systems

Perform electrical evaluation/selection of instrumentation (pressure transducers, flow meters, pumps, fans, RTDs, Thermocouples, etc.)

Conduct analog and digital printed circuit board design for various application needs

Develop test software modules to perform specific tests

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Power System AnalysisCircuit DesignLabVIEW DevelopmentFPGA DesignPower Supply DesignTelemetry InterpretationData AnalysisNASA SpecificationsTeam PlayerEffective CommunicationTime Management

Required

This position has been posted at multiple levels (must meet minimum level indicated). 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

This position requires US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information

Must have a bachelor's degree in the field of engineering

Must have 5+ years of recent and related work experience

Requires space industry or DoD work 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

Must have experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and TEAMS

All of Bastion's employees must be team players with strong work ethics and must be culture oriented

Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in written form, with internal and external customers

Able to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives

Must be organized with good time management skills and must be able to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements

Generally, an office environment, but can involve inside or outside work depending on the task

Work may involve sitting or standing for extended periods (90% of the time) and may require lifting and carrying up to 25 lbs. (5% of the time)

Regular attendance in accordance with an established work schedule is critical