Avionics Systems Engineer - Revolutionizing Space Travel
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At SpaceX, we are committed to making humanity a multi-planetary species. We are seeking an experienced Avionics Systems Engineer to join our Crew Starship team and support the mission to revolutionize orbital flight and space travel.
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* We are developing the technologies to enable human life on Mars, and we need your expertise to make it possible.
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* The Crew Starship Avionics team has taken on the challenge to develop avionics for the SpaceX Human Landing System, which will soon carry astronauts to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis program.
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* You will work collaboratively with customers and experts from other teams to perform system trades, define vehicle architecture, and scope new designs as they move from concept, through prototype, and into production.
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* Your responsibilities will include analyzing and tracking key performance metrics for avionics systems from concept to the field, and assessing new designs to optimize manufacturability, quality, and cost.
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* You will also work with avionics production to triage, troubleshoot, root cause, and repair issues from initial integration through critical pad operations.
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
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* Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering, or other engineering discipline.
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* 2+ years of experience with electrical component design, system level integration of electronic components, or system level testing (research and extracurricular academic projects qualify).
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PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
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* Passion for spaceflight and high reliability electronic systems.
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* Experience with system trades and first-hand knowledge of how requirements tie hardware to larger systems.
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* Self-starter with experience making hardware work within demanding time and resource constraints.
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* Creative problem solver with strong first principle fundamentals across multiple disciplines to assess risk and make design and development decisions without all available data.
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* Hands-on experience with sizing, installation and troubleshooting of various electronic components.
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* Experience with wire harness design and build, including associated sub-components.
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* Experience with NX or similar CAD design software.
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* Experience with Altium or similar PCBA design software.
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* Experience with system design and testing for hardware sub-systems such as RF, power, communications, human interface, and sensors.
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* Familiarity with electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.), and basic analysis techniques.
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* Experience writing engineering software for test automation, data review, and design analysis, preferably in MATLAB or Python.
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* Demonstrated project management skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines.
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* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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