Overview

Electronics Design Manufacturing Engineer – Space Exploration Electronic Systems

Be the Difference

Astrion offers comprehensive services that boost preparedness, optimize performance, and ensure success across various domains, from Cyber to Digital, Mission and Systems, servicing our nation's Civilian, Defense and Space communities. We support customers with Centers of Excellence in Washington DC, Huntsville, AL and Burlington, MA with an additional 36 locations across the U.S.

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for an Electronics Design Manufacturing Engineer – Space Exploration Electronic Systems for the JETS II contract at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.

JOB DETAILS

LOCATION: Johnson Space Center – Houston, TX

JOB STATUS: Remote Part-Time

TRAVEL: none

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

This position has been posted at multiple levels. 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.

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2- 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Engineering, either Electrical/Electronic or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• Experience in electronics manufacturing, including: Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing, Printed Circuit Board Assembly, Polymeric Applications (staking, conformal coating, encapsulation, etc.), Fiber Optics, Electronic Box-Level Assembly and flight certification testing.
• Experience on various electronic manufacturing processes and techniques (automatic, manual, etc.).
• Understanding of component selection, screening, qualification, and derating for use in space flight applications.
• Providing technical support to material review boards (MRB's).
• Supporting project teams in EEE related activities including review and generation of project related documents such as procurement specifications and source control drawings (SCDs).
• Assist in preparation, analysis and distribution of NASA Advisories and Government Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP) Alerts.
• Assist in part selection and obsolescence review.
• Development of part specifications and test procedures for space level parts.
• Provide technical assistance to contracted tests labs and part manufacturers.
• Provide customer/project team applications assistance.
• Review electrical test data to verify part / lot acceptability.
• Experience in packaging technology in Electrical/Electronic/Electromechanical (EEE) Parts, with good understanding on how to conduct proper qualification and evaluation of advanced packaging technology for spaceflight use.
• Experience in evaluating qualification and acceptance test results on avionic systems.
• In-the-field experience in the areas of avionic manufacturing workmanship and processes.
• Current U.S. Citizenship is required.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• BS degree in engineering from an accredited Manufacturing or engineering school or Aerospace or Physics and five (5) years of related engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and four (4) years of related engineering experience, or Ph.D. from an accredited engineering school and zero (0) years of related experience.
• Provide production floor and assembly support in technical matters relating to assembly drawing interpretation, Engineering Change Notices, rework, manufacturing difficulties and specifications.
• Conceives, investigates, evaluates, and makes recommendations for new equipment, tooling, and processes to improve safety, reliability, capacity and reduce costs.
• Leads and/or participates in health, safety, environmental, production, material control, and R&D project teams.
• Provide Electrical, Electronic and Electromagnetic (EEE) parts support to the NASA xEVA Space Projects.
• Evaluate proposed EEE Parts lists with respect to the project's specific hardware criticality and environments.
• Report on the manufacturers, materials, construction, usage (environment & electrical de-rating), and overall reliability of the selected parts to the EEE parts control board (PCB).
• Recommend replacement EEE parts.
• Assist in EEE parts failure investigations.
• Review Military and industry EEE parts specifications, standards, and studies for application to NASA programs.
• Assist in the development of EEE part qualification plans, project specific screening.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Report directly to the Electronics and Electrical Section Manager as part of group of over 40 other Electronics and Electrical Engineers.
• Support Engineers and Electrical Technicians directly in the lab as an interface to the workmanship and processes (parts, design for manufacturability, manufacturing, assembly, certification test, vendor system anomalies, etc.).
• Be responsible for: monitoring, improving, and analyzing processes including assembly, functional testing, and production.
• Provide design support and guidance in various aspects of the Electrical/Electronic manufacturing processes thru their expertise in manufacturing workmanship / manufacturing processes / EEE Parts and Advanced Packaging / general IPC / flight certification / anomalies knowledge and experience.
• Serve as technical lead in avionic workmanship and processes at JSC and representing JSC with NASA (NASA workmanship group, participation at IPC meetings, etc.).
• Utilizes systematic problem solving and data collection to create process maps of each facet of manufacturing that can then be analyzed in order to find any potential bottle necks, key areas that are in need of improvement, or cost cutting opportunities and downtime reduction.
• Provide production floor and assembly support in technical matters relating to assembly drawing interpretation, Engineering Change Notices, rework, manufacturing difficulties and specifications.
• Conceives, investigates, evaluates, and makes recommendations for new equipment, tooling, and processes to improve safety, reliability, capacity and reduce costs.
• Leads and/or participates in health, safety, environmental, production, material control, and R&D project teams.
• Writes weekly activity and project reports, develops action plans, and generates work instructions, test procedures and other documentation to support production operations.
• Ability to tailor processes based on customer requirements.
• Be familiar with NASA specifications for Electronics Component development.
• Develop detailed procedures for manufacturing processes.
• Troubleshoot and manufacturing issues and provide recommendations.
• Understand printed circuit board designs and the associated manufacturing processes.
• Work in a laboratory environment, following standard operating procedures.
• Perform other duties as required and assigned.

What We Offer

• Competitive salaries
• Continuing education assistance
• Professional development allotment
• Multiple healthcare benefits packages
• 401K with employer matching
• Paid time off (PTO) along with a federally recognized holiday schedule

Who We Are

At Astrion, we innovate, elevate, and shape the world of tomorrow. At our core is our purpose to “Be the Difference”. This means we encourage our employees to take action and be the driving force for positive change. We foster an environment where innovative solutions flourish, and our company continuously evolves.

We have a culture of care, empathy, and making a tangible difference within our organization and communities. We embrace continuous learning, growth, and innovation, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. We promote collaboration and empowering our teams is at the core of our success.

Join Astrion and Be the Difference in your career and the world!

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