Electronics Engineer IV - Ground Support Equipment

Introduction
We are looking for a Lead Electronics Engineer to join an exciting and dynamic team in designing, developing, fabricating, testing, and troubleshooting Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) used to integrate and test the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis missions.

Location: 
This position does not support teleworking. You will need to live near our Lockheed Martin Space facility in Littleton Colorado and be expected to work a flexible 9x80 schedule in the office full-time.

What does this role look like?
The focus for this role is to work as an experienced responsible engineer, ensuring the technical integrity of your products and leading a small engineering team responsible for the design, drawings, documentation, and support of ground electronic test systems, primarily racks of equipment designed to test the Orion spacecraft as it is manufactured at Kennedy Space Center. The EGSE team is responsible for the design of a wide variety of test equipment, including low voltage AC/DC power, batteries, analog and digital signals, telemetry systems, RF electronics, audio & video, computer systems, vehicle emulators, cabling, and networking equipment that is used to interface with, test, and monitor spacecraft vehicles and other flight hardware.

Key activities you will accomplish in this role:
• Lead a small team of 3 to 4 engineers in designing, manufacturing, testing and supporting a suite of EGSE end item designs and racks that all test unique subsystems of the Orion spacecraft
• Review and update engineering drawings and documentation created by your team for test equipment racks, chassis, cables and other assemblies to ensure their technical integrity
• Support manufacturing during procurement, build and modification of EGSE equipment 
• Perform testing of ground support equipment for a variety of electronic component assemblies 
• Support EGSE during usage testing the Orion spacecraft, assisting users and troubleshooting anomalies 
• Certify that the final EGSE products meet all requirements and that engineering drawings, documents and paperwork accurately represent the as-built product
• Research, design, develop, and test a variety of electronic equipment and systems.

To be effective in this role, you will need:
• Experience with Orion EGSE processes, drawings, documents and designs
• Experience with design, manufacturing, test, and support of purpose-built, integrated electronic systems or Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE).
• 5+ years of professional experience.

• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education
• Experience designing or supporting Electrical Ground Support Equipment
• Experience in electronics design and/or test of electrical hardware.

• Experience with Orion EGSE processes, drawings, documents and designs

• Test equipment experience including Digital Multimeters, Oscilloscopes, and Voltage Probes
• Production of electrical engineering drawings using Zuken E3
• Manufacturing and final assembly of rack level electrical equipment
• Electrical circuit design and analysis

• Failure analysis
• Familiarity with electrical design IEEE standards
• Windchill (EPDM)
• Electrical drawing checking experience
• Hardware component selection
• Development of electrical design documentation to include operations and maintenance of hardware equipment
• Mechanical drawing checking experience
• Linux experience
• NI Labview operations
• Experience or coursework in analog or digital, RF, telemetry, networking, power, or cabling design
• Strong Self-Motivation

• Ability to lead a small team of engineers

• Attention to Detail
• Ability to work in a collaborative team-based environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office software suite
• A willingness for occasional travel

• Experience in using AI tools for engineering applications