Senior Electrical Engineer (Aerospace)

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

Salary: $175,000–$200,000 annually

Company

hirify.global provides engineering and technical services for spaceflight, aerospace, and NASA-related missions.

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, work products, parts, and components.
• Develop power budgets, circuit designs, PCB layouts, harnessing, grounding, isolation, data signals, inhibits, electrical safety, and Ground Support Equipment.
• Create, review, update, and control electrical schematics, drawings, interfaces, reports, and milestone deliverables.
• Evaluate EEE parts for spaceflight, radiation, Total Ionizing Dose, Single Event Effects, and derating requirements.
• Coordinate with mechanical, thermal, C&DH, ADCS/GNC, communications, propulsion, software, government, contractor, and mission partner teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a similar technical field.
• At least 10 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
• NASA or industry spaceflight experience and detailed knowledge of avionics, power generation and distribution, EEE parts, and harnessing in space environments.
• Hands-on experience with Altium, electrical design and layout, schematics, drawings, electrical verification and validation, pinout checks, safe-to-mate checks, and Environmental Stress Screening.
• Strong organization, communication, prioritization, independent problem-solving, and presentation skills.
• Ability to assign work and manage personnel and tasks is valued.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of NASA standards and best practices for electrical design and EEE parts.
• Understanding of Electromagnetic Interference and Electromagnetic Compatibility.
• Experience with Field Programmable Gate Arrays.
• Working knowledge of Confluence and Jira.
• Customer relationship management experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position with no security clearance required.
• Work supports spacecraft, NASA, and mission-partner projects.
• Travel may be required to support mission and project partners.
• Work involves coordinating with diverse project managers, scientists, engineers, technical staff, government personnel, contractors, and mission partners.