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United Launch Alliance

Rockets for national security and NASA

Avionics Components Electrical Engineer 1

AvionicsPosted on Aug 19
Full-timeCentennial, CO, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field is required.
  • Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, coordination, and presentation skills are required.
  • Ability to manage and complete assignments independently is required.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
  • Ability to work in a team environment with stakeholders from different organizations is required.
  • Understanding of electrical components, connectors, and wire harnesses is required.
  • Ability to review, edit, and provide feedback on complex engineering drawings, parts lists, engineering analyses, test procedures, supplier statements of work, engineering estimates, or schematics is required.
  • Awareness of design principles for circuit schematics, printed wiring board layouts, and circuit board production is required.
  • Ability to brief customers, vendors, and chief engineers on complicated problems and solutions is required.
  • Availability to be on call for launch-related issues outside of business hours is required.
  • Availability to travel for one week at a time, at least twice per year, is required.
  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain an active Department of Defense Secret clearance if required.

Responsibilities

  • Support and maintain hardware designs for the Vulcan and Atlas vehicles.
  • Become the Certified Responsible Engineer for flight avionics components, potentially including complex controllers, actuators, batteries, sensors, and transducers.
  • Develop and maintain component requirements, including functional, physical, and environmental testing.
  • Work with hardware suppliers to support component testing.
  • Work with suppliers to address, troubleshoot, and resolve issues or failures.
  • Analyze and document out-of-family data when observed.
  • Support integration of components onto the vehicle.
  • Resolve issues related to the hardware that occur during launch-site testing.
  • Support reviews related to systems and components.
  • Partner with supply-chain colleagues to manage contracts, support statement-of-work creation, provide engineering estimates, and negotiate with suppliers.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working with avionics systems is preferred.
  • Knowledge of program or project management, including schedules and budgets, is preferred.
  • Ability to work with NASA, the Air Force, and the aerospace industry is preferred.
  • Ability to present to and work with customers is preferred.
  • General data-review skills are preferred.
  • Ability to acknowledge mistakes promptly and learn from them is preferred.
  • Openness to constructive feedback is preferred.
  • Ability to set aside personal egos and emotions to complete work and make decisions in the program's best interest is preferred.

About the Company

United Launch Alliance

Rockets for national security and NASA

ULA builds launch vehicles for national security, NASA and commercial space missions. Its rockets are designed to reach challenging and distant orbits and deliver highly accurate payload insertions, offering wide orbital flexibility for different mission profiles. The company’s approach centers on providing reliable, direct-to-orbit capabilities tailored to meet customers’ needs for secure national missions, space agency programs, and commercial launches. The goal is to expand access to space by offering dependable, precise launches that can place payloads into the specific orbits required by each mission.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.6B
Headquarters
Centennial, CO
Founded
2006

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