Electrical Engineer II or III

Firefly Aerospace•Cedar Park, TX

About The Position

A Firefly Avionics systems engineer is responsible for defining requirements, architecture, and implementation of avionics systems on our launch vehicles. In this role, you represent the avionics team during vehicle-level trades, interfacing with other mechanical, propulsion, fluids, and structures teams to identify requirements and design an integrated solution. Additionally, you are responsible for developing and coordinating development schedules, system-level test and operations plans, and supporting launch day activities. Previous launch vehicle experience is not required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
2-5 years of experience working with aerospace component development, testing, or operations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience with hands-on troubleshooting electronics systems
Basic understanding of digital signal processing for data acquisition
Experience with various sensors including temperature sensors, pressure transducers, strain gauges, and accelerometers

Nice To Haves

Experience with aerospace avionics system design, development, testing, or operations
Experience with project planning, subcontractor management, and other project management skills
Experience performing trade studies and sensitivity studies to select the best architecture option
Experience in industry standard root cause corrective analysis techniques, such as fault tree and fishbone analysis
Experience with Python for manipulating/visualizing data and controlling test equipment
Experience with launch vehicle or spacecraft avionics systems is preferred
Experience with project management is preferred
Experience with environmental analysis and test including thermal cycle, thermal vacuum, shock, and vibration
Experience with Jama or other requirements management tools
Experience with military and NASA standards as it relates to systems engineering, system design and qualification testing

Responsibilities

Implement Automation for data analysis, vehicle configuration, component-level testing, and Hardware-in-the-loop Testing
Coordinate systems-level requirements between launch vehicle disciplines and develop subsystem and component-level requirements
Assist in high-level, functional design and development of avionics systems for the current and future launch vehicles
Develop design, acquisition, test, and verification plans, and coordinate with the other avionics and manufacturing engineers and technicians to execute
Recommend vehicle function and reliability upgrades based on experience
Track task and personal performance
Support vehicle-level integration, vehicle testing, and launch operations