Spacecraft Power Engineer Job

Employer Name:	SpiderID: 2936415
Location: Dulles, Virginia	Date Posted: 11/5/2009
Wage: 70/hr	Category: Engineering
Job Code: 1687
Number Of Openings: 1

Job Description:
Serve as a professional authority in one engineering discipline or specialty area. Collaborate in preliminary and advanced design studies and prepare portions of engineering proposals. Conceive and develop solutions to analytical, design, and test problems that program(s) experience. Aid in establishing systems philosophy and design objectives. Analyze and resolve failures in test and service, sometimes without recourse to intense theoretical studies and test programs. Assure continuity of design features from advanced design through contract completion. Write major portions of complex
specifications and engineering reports as a result of advance studies, special engineering investigations, and similar activities. Develop aspects of new theory and design criteria for general application. May lead subsystem design team within project to include technical, cost and responsibility for assigned subsystem.

Job Requirements:
BSEE (MSEE preferred) or equivalent with 12+ years of applicable technical experience in the field of spacecraft power & analog electronics design & familiarity with spacecraft Nickel-Hydrogen & Lithium ion battery technology, spacecraft solar arrays, solar array electronics with CURRENT TS/SSBI/SCI clearance preferred but NOT required. Must possess spacecraft power & analog electronics design fundamentals derived from hands-on experience. Must possess a strong spacecraft power subsystems background with experience top-level trade studies & in the development of HW depth of discharge. Must have experience with S/C power system verification across all levels from component through spacecraft I&T to mission operations & in-orbit test. Must possess good interpersonal skills, as well as ability to communicate with engineers from various backgrounds.

The candidate must have demonstrated proficiency in some of the following areas: Superior written & oral communication skills. Experience in technical management of a team of engineers. Experience in the generation and/or evaluation of basis of estimates for cost proposals. Experience in the coordination of the activities of a team of engineers, with the objective of meeting schedule deadlines and budgets. Prior supervisory experience, either in a formal role or in an "acting capacity" .

Job Criteria:
Start Date: ASAP
Position Type: Contractor
Years of Experience Required: 10 or more
Education Required: Bachelors
Overnight Travel:
Vacation Time:

Contact Information:

Contact Name: Heath Luikart	Company Type:
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City: Lake Mary
State: Florida
Zip: 32746

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