Payload Integration Engineer
Firefly Aerospace
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Cedar Park • Texas • United States
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About the role
- Act as the primary engineering and programmatic interface between the Firefly engineering teams and NASA and other payload customers.
- Manage the development and coordination of the key mission performance and interface requirements.
- Build and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICD) for interfaces between the customer payload and spacecraft.
- Manage technical issues related to form, fit, and function of the payload(s), loads, dynamic environments, thermal, EMI/EMC, radiation, contamination, mass properties, mechanical interface, electrical interface, data interfaces, software APIs, and operations.
- Coordinate hardware and software related activities including fit checks, spacecraft integration, spacecraft acceptance testing, launch, and operations planning and execution for the full duration mission.
- Lead technical interchange meetings and design reviews with NASA and other customers.
- Some travel (<10%) may be required.
- Work closely with each engineering discipline within Firefly to help generate and evaluate acceptable analysis factors of safety and test plans that meet both Range requirements and Mission Assurance requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in aerospace engineering or related field
- Experience integrating payloads or spacecraft
- 3+ years experience in the aerospace industry
- Experience working as the primary interface with an external aerospace customer or internal product team
- Basic working knowledge of aerospace qualification and acceptance testing defined by GEVS.
- Basic working knowledge of AFSPCMAN 91-710, MIL-STD-882, RCC-319-14 and NASA Standards 8719.13.
- Excellent communications skills (written and oral).
- Able to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings to peers, management, and external customers.
Benefits
- generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles
- parental leave
- educational reimbursement
- short term disability
- pet Insurance
- flexible PTO options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
aerospace engineeringpayload integrationspacecraft integrationaerospace qualification testingacceptance testingInterface Control Documents (ICD)software APIsdynamic environmentsthermal analysisEMI/EMC
Soft Skills
communication skillstechnical presentationteam collaborationproblem-solvingleadershipinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsmeeting facilitationcustomer interactionanalysis evaluation