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Jacobs Space Exploration Group (JSEG) is comprised of 10 companies and is located at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL (ranked #11 in Best Places to Live by U.S. News). JSEG has been a primary contractor for NASA since 1989 and supports marquee NASA programs, including the Space Launch System, International Space Station, space optics fabrication, earth and space sciences and advanced propulsion system development. As a partner in NASA’s next generation of space exploration, our jobs are literally history in the making.
This Electrical/Avionics Integration Engineer (Electrical Engineer) position supports the NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) labs, and System Emulator equipment from Marshall Space Flight center in Huntsville Alabama. The HWIL labs include the System Integration and Test Facility (SITF), Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL), and multiple Software Development Facilities (SDFs) used to verify the integrated avionics and software systems for the SLS rocket. These positions also includes support for the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS), the new second stage of the SLS rocket for Block 1B configurations. Collectively these labs are known as the Integrated Avionics Test Facilities (IATF). The System Emulators replicate key system level functions and functional interfaces for NASA manned space flight systems integration activities in various locations across the United States. All of these labs and emulators include numerous complex real-time Software Models integrated with Electrical/Avionics systems to achieve detailed simulation of the SLS rocket.
Work will be performed for the Avionics and Ground Systems Test Branch (ES53) of the SLS program at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. This branch is responsible for maintenance, fabrication, integration, operation, assembly, and testing of project hardware and software in support of the noted SLS labs and system emulators.
Responsibilities:
This is a senior level position that requires broad technical capability to understand design and operation of real-time HWIL avionics systems. Specific primary responsibilities of this position include:
- Work in a small team environment to develop SLS EUS HWIL labs
- Architect macro & micro electrical/avionics integration hardware and interconnect solutions to support evolution of SLS HWIL system capabilities
- Communicate risks, issues and solutions to peers with various technical backgrounds and areas of expertise
- Create technical documentation including problem assessment/analysis, test data evaluation, problem resolution reports
- Present and defend analyses and reports during peer level reviews
- Perform data interpretation, assessment, and analysis of integrated electrical/avionics systems.
- Communicate (written and verbal) clear and crisp insights and observations of performance of integrated systems
- Communicate risks, issues and solutions to peers with various technical backgrounds and areas of expertise
These activities will be ongoing as the SLS program completes program phases, reviews and schedule milestones, and as the SLS Launch Vehicle architecture evolves.
