Senior Electrical Engineer I/II
About The Position
Rocket Lab’s Optical Systems division solves mission-critical space domain and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) challenges for Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) customers. Our vision is to revolutionize the space-based payload market with innovative and novel designs for space, terrestrial, and airborne environments. Building on more than 20 years of electro-optical and infrared systems innovation from Geost, Optical Systems delivers solutions to the warfighter for responsive, scalable sensing solutions across all orbital domains. As a Senior Electrical Engineer I/II based at our Optical Systems site in Tucson, Arizona, you will participate in the development and test of electrical systems/subsystems hardware for our space payload programs. You will work collaboratively with engineers of various disciplines and participate in all aspects of electrical hardware development, from requirements definition through design, prototyping, fabrication, testing, and production. As an engineer on the space payloads team, you will have unique opportunities to develop optical systems that will be on-orbit. Join a driven team of pioneers relentlessly tackling projects, delivering on the impossible, and making an impact on the future of space! (Please note: this position can be hired at the Senior Electrical Engineer I or Senior Electrical Engineer II level)
Requirements
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other technical discipline
- 5+ years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout
- Experience with analog and digital electronics design
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other technical discipline
- 8+ years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout
- Experience with analog and digital electronics design
Nice To Haves
- Master’s or PHD in electrical or computer engineering; or other engineering discipline
- Proficiency with Altium Designer for schematic capture and layout of complex PCBs
- Proficiency with basic electronic lab equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, soldering irons
- Knowledge with processors, FPGAs, switch mode power supplies, communications interfaces, and analog instrumentation
- Experience designing for space environments, including radiation impacts and mitigation
- Experience designing for high-reliability aerospace applications
- Experience designing rigid-flex PCBs and electromechanical design familiarity in general
- Experience with FPGA design and embedded software development for ARM core processors
- Proficiency performing circuit analyses in SPICE and Excel
- Demonstrated success working in a dynamic environment and ability to manage competing priorities
Responsibilities
- Develop PCBA requirements in collaboration with other engineering disciplines
- Schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer
- PCBA design verification testing and system integration testing
- Circuit analysis, including power, tolerance, and reliability related
- Harness development, routing design and testing
- Production manufacturing support as needed
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
