Lead Electrical Hardware Engineer- Avionics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at Astrobotic Technology Inc

The Lead Electrical Hardware Engineer will be responsible for functional management of the avionics team that design, manufacture and test our in-house avionics hardware across all company product lines. You will manage the day-to-day tasking and prioritization for individual contributors who report to you. You will report to the Electronic Systems Manager.

Job Responsibilities:

• Leading the development of flight hardware avionics, including computing, signal conditioning, control electronics, filtering, data acquisition, and command & data handling (C&DH)
• Lead daily operations, scheduling, and tasking for the avionics team
• Providing technical and programmatic guidance to internal avionics team members (employees, subcontractors, consultants) and partner support personnel
• Establish review process for avionics engineering products prior to release and manufacturing
• Provide subject matter expertise in subsystem and vehicle phase-gate, milestone design reviews as independent reviewer
• Define internal work processes and standards for hardware design, circuit analysis, test execution, and result documentation
• Drive rapid troubleshooting, failure investigation, and resolution of electrical anomalies during component testing, vehicle assembly, and environmental testing
• Contribute to avionics product roadmap and R&D prioritization

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in component/LRU electrical design
• Ability to mentor and lead small teams of engineers to design complex products
• Systems engineering (SE) experience for controlling requirements, risks, and integration flow
• Schematic and board design proficiency using software like Altium, Eagle, OrCAD, or similar
• Rapid prototype development skills
• Strong debugging skills
• Experience with communications protocols such as RS-422/RS-485/CAN/Ethernet/SPI/I2C/UARTDigital, analog, and signal conditioning design skills
• Good communication and technical writing skills
• Highly proficient with MSOffice tools
• 8+ years of experience in electronics hardware development
• B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Equivalent Work Experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in developing spacecraft electronics systems for a Class D unmanned spacecraft or similar
• Experience in High-Speed Digital printed circuit board design
• Experience implementing VITA VPX or SpaceVPX standards (VITA 46.0, VITA 65.0, VITA 78.0)
• Microsoft Project/JIRA or similar task management and scheduling tools
• Knowledge of Range Safety and Ground Safety electronics compliance
• Capable of utilizing mechanical computer aided design (CAD) tools to develop avionics systems
• Capable of programming FPGAs, microcontrollers, computer processors, graphic processors, or similar knowledge of NASA-STD 4001 and NASA-STD 4003 or similar
• Knowledge of space environmental tests
• Experience with testing for MIL-STD 461 or similar
• M.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering