Payload Design Engineer, Interstellar Lab

• Requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering and possess 10 years of related experience
• Must have knowledge and experience in developing/designing, testing and certifying payloads for space exploration
• Must have familiarity with 3DS modeling CAD software
• Must have working experience leading and integrating mid-size (10 or more engineers) of various engineering disciplines
• Must have technical leadership and design team integration experience managing technical schedules, earned value and other monitorial aspects related to mechanical design and drafting on projects
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers designing and building world-class, NASA space-flight hardware
• Experience with aircraft, launch vehicles, spacecraft, or other aerospace systems
• Hands on experience with various industry standard manufacturing tools
• Experience with material selection and make vs. buy decisions for system components
• Must be able to lift up to 20lbs over head

Desirable

• As a Payload Design Engineer, you will have the unique opportunity to lead various vehicle space exploration payload design and work with a cross functional team of engineers from conception, analysis, and manufacturing, through to operational test and deployment
• You will be involved in development of our plant growth systems LEO, and work on lunar payloads such as Mission Little Prince
• The Payload Design Engineer will lead product development and design, implementation, and maintenance for all mechanical systems supporting the production and operations of Interstellar Lab space systems
• Your creativity and relentless commitment to quality will be expected to analyze, create and maintain payloads systems designs, define and improve processes, and develop product validation techniques in order to ultimately build a state-of-the-art and fully mechanical system capable of safely and reliably meeting required performances and allowing for user operations
• You will also put your engineering knowledge to the test by performing real-time troubleshooting on the products as it goes from the integration phase through operations
• Our fundamental goal is to allow life to grow anywhere; with it comes extreme responsibility to ensure the safety of plants materials and users in charge of growing them
• Support of internal engineering development on space exploration payloads and facilities (ISS, Orbital Stations and Lunar program)
• Provide Technical Leadership
• Ensure the Interstellar Lab design process and space flight certification/validation approach are followed
• Work with and integrate various engineering development leads to guide development process
• Conduct design reviews to monitor technical correctness, design project health, and progress
• Provide critical peer review and approval of hardware designs during design reviews, and of acceptance and qualification test campaigns
• Manage the technical aspects of electrical design, mechanical design, software/firmware development, thermal analysis, materials analysis, structural analysis, and other monitorial aspects related to space payload system design
• Perform engineering design evaluations
• Produce other required design documentation
• In Office: 65%
• In a launch site laboratory/integration facility/etc.: 25%
• Outside: 10%
• Will need to be available to work weekends, nights, and on call as a regular part of the job
• These requirements will be made in advance as best as possible so you can plan
• Mostly sedentary
• May require long hours standing in a lab facility
• This role will be travel extensive and you are expected to available 50% of the time
• Conferences
• Launch Site Integration Activities
• Laboratory Visits