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Your Impact:

Jacobs Space Exploration Group (JSEG) is comprised of 10 companies and is located at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL (ranked #11 in Best Places to Live by U.S. News). JSEG has been a primary contractor for NASA since 1989 and supports marquee NASA programs, including the Space Launch System, International Space Station, space optics fabrication, earth and space sciences and advanced propulsion system development. As a partner in NASA’s next generation of space exploration, our jobs are literally history in the making.

Yes, this is rocket science!

This Electrical/Avionics Integration Engineer (Electrical Engineer) position supports the NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage and Second Stage Block 1 and Block 1B Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) labs, and System Emulator equipment from Marshall Space Flight center in Huntsville Alabama.

The HWIL labs include the System Integration and Test Facility (SITF), Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL), and multiple Software Development Facilities (SDFs) used to verify the integrated avionics.. Collectively these labs are known as the Integrated Avionics Test Facilities (IATF). The System Emulators replicate key system level functions and functional interfaces for NASA manned space flight systems integration activities in various locations across the United States. All of these labs and emulators include numerous complex real-time Software Models integrated with Electrical/Avionics systems to achieve detailed simulation of the SLS rocket.

Work will be performed for the Avionics and Ground Systems Test Branch (ES53) of the SLS program at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. This branch is responsible for maintenance, fabrication, integration, operation, assembly, and testing of project hardware and software in support of the noted SLS labs and system emulators.

Responsibilities:

This is a lead senior level position that requires broad technical capability to understand design and operation of real-time HWIL avionics systems. Specific primary responsibilities of this position include:

• Work in a small team environment to develop SLS HWIL labs and help maintain SLS labs
• Architect macro & micro electrical/avionics integration hardware and interconnect solutions to support evolution of SLS Core Stage and Second Stage HWIL system capabilities
• Communicate risks, issues and solutions to peers with various technical backgrounds and areas of expertise
• Create technical documentation including problem assessment/analysis, test data evaluation, problem resolution reports
• Present and defend analyses and reports during peer level reviews
• Perform data interpretation, assessment, and analysis of integrated electrical/avionics systems.
• Communicate (written and verbal) clear and crisp insights and observations of performance of integrated systems
• Communicate risks, issues and solutions to peers with various technical backgrounds and areas of expertise

These activities will be ongoing as the SLS program completes program phases, reviews and schedule milestones, and as the SLS Block 1B architecture evolves.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

Degree in Engineering or related field from an ABET-accredited university is required. Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a Masters with at least 23 years of experience, or BS with at least 25 years of experience.

Requirements and Required Skills:

• Professional experience in areas with demonstrable desired experience topics.
• Must have excellent written and oral technical communication skills – must be able to clearly define and describe a technical subject to peers across various engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a team of diverse individuals and reach group consensus on technical topics.

Desired experience includes the following in order of significance:

• Significant experience with hardware-in-the loop laboratories. Have a broad technical capability to integrate real-time HWIL systems. This broad technical capability will range from detailed electronic subsystem and component functional evaluation/analysis/modeling to evaluation of large-scale system level interaction across multiple avionics boxes and electrical/electronic subsystems.
• Previous experience with aerospace system design (e.g. space launch vehicles, spacecraft, missile systems, aircraft), from system specification through detailed design
• Read and interpret avionics architecture diagrams, cable interconnect diagrams, and associated system schematics.
• Electrical/Electronic systems and components operational knowledge – including the design, analysis, and simulation of circuits. Component & circuit knowledge should include foundational R/L/C/Diode/BJT/FET components as well as devices such as op-amps, instrumentation amps, opto-isolators, A/Ds, D/As.
• Previous experience assessing Avionics system behavior and performing test design, test execution, test data collection, and test data analysis for complex aerospace systems (e.g. space launch vehicles, spacecraft, missile systems, aircraft).
• Electrical control and electrical power systems design, integration & test for launch vehicles, aircraft, satellites, or payloads.
• Integration and/or simulation of sensors such as pressure transducers, RTDs, thermocouples, accelerometers, etc.
• Integration and/or simulation of solenoid valves, servo valves, or electromechanical actuators.
• Working knowledge of digital communication technologies such as MIL-STD 1553B, RS422, and RS485
• Working knowledge of Data Acquisition Systems, preferably real-time systems

Essential Functions

Work Environment

Office environment. Requires ability to provide clear, concise, accurate and timely communication, both verbally and in writing (100%). Requires ability to interact professionally with co-workers, management, and client (100%). Requires travel in the domestic USA (<10%).

Physical Requirements

Requires sitting for extended periods in meetings with peers, management, and with our client at NASA facilities to discuss technical issues (10%). Also, requires sitting for extended periods at a desk to write reports and perform engineering tasks (80%). Requires ability to use stairs or elevators for access between floors and multiple buildings at NASA and Jacobs facilities (10%).

Equipment and Machines

Requires ability to operate a personal computer, a telephone, fax machine, copier, calculator, and other general office equipment (100%).

Attendance

Normal workday is from 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday. Minimal overtime may be required (10%) to meet schedule milestones and to support technical demands of the job. Regular attendance is a necessity and adequate arrangements for delegating duties during absences are required.

Other Essential Functions

The ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and to make rational decisions, and to exercise good judgment is essential (100%). Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.

Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.

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