Electronics Engineer III, Orion, Ground Support Equipment (GSE)

Standard Job Description

Join Our Team as a Electronics Engineer, Ground Support Equipment where you will work on the development of electrical & electronic Ground Support Equipment (GSE) systems for the Orion spacecraft supporting NASA’s manned Artemis missions.

Location: This position does not support teleworking ; the selected candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility in: Kennedy Space Center FL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2KgDE3D0Cs) where you will be working a flexible 9x80 schedule in the office full-time.

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Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

What does this role look like?

•The focus for this role is the design and support of ground electronic test systems, primarily rack designs to test the Orion spacecraft as it is manufactured at Kennedy Space Center. A wide variety of test equipment is utilized, including low voltage AC/DC power, batteries, analog and digital signals, telemetry systems, RF electronics, audio & video, computer systems, vehicle emulators, cabling, and networking equipment; used to interface with, test, and monitor spacecraft vehicles and other flight hardware.

Key activities you will accomplish in this role:

• Design and maintain engineering drawings and documentation, support build, and perform testing of ground support equipment for a variety of electronic rack-level components, digital and/or analog circuitry, vendor supplied or custom designed cards, computers, processors, network switches, wiring, cable connections, and console and/or data interfaces.

To be effective in this role, you will need:

• Experience with design, manufacturing, test, and final assembly of purpose-built, integrated electronic systems or Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE).

• 3+ years of professional experience.

Researches, designs, develops, and tests a variety of electronic equipment and systems, including radar and radiation detection equipment; radio, television and other communications equipment and systems; circuitry components; analog and digital computers; and control and test equipment.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education

• Experience in electronics design and/or test of electrical hardware.

Desired Skills

• Experience designing or supporting Electrical Ground Support Equipment

• Test equipment experience including Digital Multimeters, Oscilloscopes, and Voltage Probes

• Production of electrical engineering drawings using Zuken E3

• Manufacturing and final assembly of rack level electrical equipment

• Failure analysis

• Familiarity with electrical design IEEE standards

• Windchill (EPDM)

• Electrical drawing checking experience

• Hardware component selection

• Development of electrical design documentation to include operations and maintenance of hardware equipment

• Mechanical drawing checking experience

• Linux experience

• NI Labview operations

• Experience or coursework in analog or digital, RF, telemetry, networking, power, or cabling design

• Self-starter

• Ability to work in a collaborative team-based environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Proficient with Microsoft Office to include Visio

• A willingness for occasional travel

• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $85300.00 - $158300.00

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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.

• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.