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Columbus · 2 days ago

Sr. Staff Engineer III

Greenbelt, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$130K/yr - $220K/yr

20+ years exp

Columbus Technologies is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer III to provide senior-level electrical integration and test support for the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer. The role involves hands-on electrical integration, execution of test activities, and anomaly resolution supporting Flight Module and Engineering Test Unit hardware through instrument-level verification and environmental testing.

ConsultingInformation Technology

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Support of complex and/or technologically challenging tasks, including the leadership in generating the Task Plan and Work Control Plan, providing guidance during the task implementation, conducting technology assessments and making recommendations for technology insertions, making trade study assessments and recommendations, supporting CDR and PDR, and reviewing deliverables

Providing technical consultation advice to Task managers regarding design issues, development and test approaches, and test result assessments

Leading teams established by the Program Manager to conduct investigations of programmatic or task- level problems and to make recommendations for recovery plans

Providing recommendations regarding Mission Assurance Program implementation considerations

Perform electrical integration of spaceflight electronics, including power, control, and signal interfaces

Support integration of high-voltage, filament bias, valve/heater, pyrolysis oven, and temperature sensor electronics

Verify proper implementation of electrical interfaces, grounding, bonding, shielding, and power distribution

Support box-level and instrument-level electrical checkout activities

Support integration, bring-up, and test of low-voltage power supply hardware

Perform functional and performance testing of power electronics and associated loads

Support troubleshooting of power, control, and signal integrity issues

Support integration and test of rigid-flex and cable harness assemblies for power and communications

Perform continuity, isolation, and functional verification of instrument harnessing

Support design, build, integration, and test of Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE)

Use EGSE to support card-level, box-level, FlatSat, and system-level testing

Support development and execution of electrical test procedures and test configurations

Provide electrical support during thermal-vacuum, vibration, and EMI/EMC testing

Monitor electrical performance during environmental test execution

Perform fault isolation, root-cause analysis, and corrective action implementation

Support discrepancy reporting and re-test activities

Qualification

Electrical Integration & TestPower ElectronicsEnvironmental TestingEGSE Design & TestingAnomaly ResolutionSpaceflight ElectronicsNASA Workmanship StandardsMass SpectrometersHands-on Experience

Required

U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder

A Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Computer Science or mathematics from an accredited institution or have equivalent education in a different field and experience

20 years of space/ground system design and development experience including at least 10 years of experience analyzing system and performance requirements

10+ years of experience performing electrical integration and test of spaceflight or Class A/B hardware

Strong hands-on experience with power distribution and power electronics

Strong hands-on experience with instrument-level electrical testing

Strong hands-on experience with EGSE-based verification

Strong hands-on experience supporting FM and ETU hardware builds

Familiarity with NASA/GSFC workmanship, ESD, and EMI/EMC requirements