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United Launch Alliance

Rockets for national security and NASA

Avionics Component Electrical Engineer 2

AvionicsPosted on Nov 13
Full-timeCentennial, CO, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field is required.
  • At least 2 years of relevant engineering experience is required.
  • Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, coordination, and presentation skills are required.
  • The candidate must be self-motivated and able to manage and complete assignments.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
  • The candidate must be able to work in a team environment with stakeholders from different organizations.
  • The candidate must understand electrical components, connectors, and wire harnesses.
  • The candidate must be able to review, edit, and provide feedback on complex engineering drawings, parts lists, engineering analyses, test procedures, statements of work, engineering estimates, or schematics.
  • Awareness of design principles for circuit schematics, printed wiring board layouts, and circuit board production is required.
  • The candidate must be able to brief customers, vendors, and chief engineers on complicated problems and solutions.
  • The candidate must be available for launch-related on-call issues outside business hours.
  • The candidate must be available to travel for one week at a time, at least twice per year.
  • The candidate must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government 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 in support of 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.
  • Experience working with connectors or harnessing.
  • Knowledge of program or project management, including schedules and budgets.
  • Ability to work with NASA, the Air Force, and aerospace organizations.
  • General data-review skills.

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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