Senior Component Engineer II

Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team.

We are looking to add a Senior Component Engineer II to our team. If you enjoy working in a startup environment and are passionate about developing leading-edge electronics for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems, we would like to hear from you.

In this position, you will be a key member of our product development team, leading the parts and component selection, qualification, failure root-cause analysis, standardization, vendor evaluations, and performance verification efforts. The ideal candidate is experienced in EEE components engineering for aerospace or automotive electronics.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• High-reliability EEE parts selection, standardization, qualification, and performance verification
• Work with all functional groups to develop and maintain our EEE Part Standards and Policies.
• EEE part expertise and support on aerospace programs, review customer requests for proposals, statements of work and specifications to identify parts requirements.
• Being Cesium’s technical representative with customers to define testing and qualification requirements for all EEE parts.
• Develop a roadmap for state-of-the-art parts and components, and work with the engineering design team for an effective product upgrade strategy.
• Evaluate components for compliance to industry requirements such INST-002, AEC-Q100, TOR, JEDEC, and others.
• Assist in the selection, evaluation and approval of new components during the NPI development stage.
• Generate EEE part procurement and screening documents for military and aerospace programs as required by commercial and DoD standards and contracts.
• Write and review Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) to component level procurement and test control documents.
• Review screening and test data received from manufacturers and test laboratories for compliance to specifications, purchase order requirements, and program contracts.
• Evaluate defective components and failure analysis reports as required. Interface internally with design engineers, reliability engineers, and quality engineers in support of risk mitigation and product development review efforts.
• Development of Source Control Drawings and Alter Item Drawings for space-grade components
• Preparation of Non-Standard Parts Approval Requests (NSPAR), SDRLs and As-Designed and As-Built Parts Lists to meet program’s Parts, Materials and Processes (PMP) requirements, GIDEP review and disposition support.
• Perform and review key reliability analyses: prediction, derating, and FMECA.
  
• Apply military and aerospace industry reliability criteria (MIL-HDBK-217F, MIL-STD-1547B, etc) to analyses and coordinate adjustments for compliance with designers
• Perform cost analysis of BoM, components research and obsolescence mitigation, and vendors/supplier audits.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering is required. Other technical degrees (e.g. Physics, Material Science, Microelectronics/Semiconductor Engineering) will be considered.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant prior experience as a component engineer.
• Experience in assessing components for compliance with industry requirements such as INST-002, AEC-Q100, TOR, JEDEC, and others.
• Knowledge of component selection, qualification, screening and derating for military and aerospace.
• Knowledge of Space/Hi-rel component screening methods.
• Experience in writing and reviewing Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) to component level procurement and test control documents.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong desire to change an industry and disrupt incumbent players.
• Sense of urgency, with the ability to work independently under agile development timelines.
• Willingness to learn and work in both a support capacity and as a lead on differing functions.

Preferred Experience Includes:

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science or other relevant discipline.
• Knowledge and working history with key reliability analyses for space mission hardware (prediction, derating, FMECA, WCA).
• Experience with radiation effects on electronics (TID, SEE) and common mitigation techniques.
• Experience working with space and Hi-Rel suppliers.
• Knowledge of EEE component manufacturing processes.
• Background in RF or communication technologies.