Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Orbion Space Technology is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our electronics development team.  The candidate will work with Orbion’s contract manufacturing partners, R&D, manufacturing, and test engineering teams to support current products and develop state of the art electronics hardware for spacecraft electric propulsion systems.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive conceptual design, architecture trades, and requirements formulation for novel spacecraft electronics.
• Bring board designs from cradle-to-grave including part selection, schematic capture, board layout, manufacture, and test.
• Collaborate with analysts to develop parts stress, thermal, radiation effects, and vibroacoustic analyses for your designs.
• Drive the development, planning, and execution of risk-reduction, acceptance, and qualification test campaigns.
• Create and review documentation (e.g. test plans, test procedures, work instructions, electrical schematics).
• Utilize manufacturing test data and trends to drive improved design requirements.
• Incorporate Design-for-Manufacture (DFM) or Design-For-Test (DFT) principles as you guide new designs through development, first article builds, and volume-production.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing on the development and procurement of special fixturing or test equipment to support manufacturing and test operations.
• Lead product failure investigations in an integrated product team environment driving necessary changes to design, manufacturing, or test.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

COMPENSATION / BENEFITS : Enjoy a very competitive starting salary based on your knowledge and experience. In addition to the excitement of making monumental changes to the aerospace industry, employees enjoy a flexible work schedule, company paid health insurance, prescription drug coverage, paid time off (vacation, paid holidays, sick days), contribution matching retirement plan, basic term life and AD&D coverage, short-term disability and employee stock ownership. The position is full time and located in Houghton, MI. Relocation assistance is available.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by state or local law.