Jr. Electrical Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States

Salary: $120,000–$140,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides engineering and technical services for aerospace and spaceflight programs.

What you will do

• Design, analyze, integrate, test, and manage electrical subsystems for spacecraft, payloads, instruments, and technology demonstrators.
• Define electrical system architectures, block diagrams, interfaces, requirements, work products, and project deliverables.
• Develop power budgets, circuit designs, PCB layouts, parts selections, harnesses, grounding, isolation, avionics, data signals, and electrical safety solutions.
• Evaluate EEE parts for spaceflight, radiation, derating, Total Ionizing Dose, and Single Event Effects conditions.
• Create and review schematics, drawings, electrical interfaces, test procedures, verification results, and milestone reports.
• Coordinate with mechanical, thermal, software, communications, propulsion, systems engineering, project management, government, contractor, and mission partner staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar technical field.
• 1–3 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience with spaceflight, NASA, electrical engineering, avionics, power generation and distribution, EEE parts, and harnessing.
• Detailed experience using Altium for electrical design and layout, plus the ability to read and review electrical schematics and drawings.
• Experience with electrical verification and validation, including electrical testing, pinout checks, safe-to-mate procedures, and Environmental Stress Screening.
• Must be able to pass a Federal Background Check and work at NASA Ames Research Center.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of NASA electrical design standards and EEE parts practices.
• Understanding of Electromagnetic Interference and Electromagnetic Compatibility.
• Experience with Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Atlassian Confluence, or Jira.
• Experience assigning work and managing personnel or technical tasks.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position with work supporting spaceflight and technology demonstration missions.
• Requires flexibility for changing schedules, competing priorities, deadlines, and unpredictable events.
• Some travel may be required to support mission and project partners.
• Work includes collaboration with diverse audiences of project managers, scientists, engineers, technical staff, government personnel, contractors, and mission partners.