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United Launch Alliance

Rockets for national security and NASA

Flight Controls Engineer 2

AvionicsPosted on Nov 13
Full-timeCentennial, CO, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field from an accredited college or university.
  • At least two years of related work experience.
  • Past experience working on avionics subsystems and components, including aerospace internships or more.
  • Experience in flight hardware development.
  • Experience with packet-based communication protocols such as Ethernet IPv4.
  • General familiarity with military communication bus and serial data bus protocols.
  • Experience with electrical hardware used to control a launch vehicle or similar large-scale systems.
  • Experience implementing redundancy in critical circuits.
  • Troubleshooting, problem-solving, coordination, and presentation skills.
  • Self-motivation, demonstrated initiative, teamwork, and leadership skills from past work experience.
  • A solid understanding of problem definition and the ability to solve issues urgently.
  • Verbal and written communication skills, including presentations.
  • Ability to lead multidisciplinary integration efforts across multiple teams and companies.
  • Ability to balance competing priorities, schedules, and technical risk.
  • Ability to work effectively with others.
  • Willingness to acknowledge faults immediately, learn from mistakes, and accept constructive feedback.

Responsibilities

  • Integrate the BE-4 Main Engine Controller into a launch vehicle avionics system, including power, control, communications, and harnessing.
  • Manage and coordinate the engine hardware and software upgrades program.
  • Define launch vehicle electrical and flight control system requirements.
  • Review updated documents submitted by suppliers and assess system impacts.
  • Work with suppliers, the MEC Subsystem Responsible Engineer, and the Component Responsible Engineer to ensure designs work within the overall launch vehicle avionics system.
  • Own engine avionics hardware-in-the-loop assets, including their operation, maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
  • Support testing in the systems lab and when hardware is installed on a launch vehicle.
  • Perform software test data reviews.
  • Coordinate, define, and review software recurring, regression, and development-specific testing.
  • Support launches on console and periodically travel to factory and launch sites to support hardware inspections and data review and analysis.
  • Review postflight data.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working with spacecraft, launch vehicle, or missile electrical interfaces.
  • Project-level schedule tracking and reporting experience.
  • Experience with MIL-STD-1553 communication systems.
  • Experience with avionics flight control systems and components.
  • Experience with UDP and TCP/IP for Ethernet.
  • Experience with Ethernet switches such as Cisco.
  • Experience with Linux.
  • Experience with the Wireshark application.
  • Experience working with subcontractors.
  • Experience writing statements of work.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
  • Strong data review and data reduction skills, including coding for automation and data manipulation.

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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