About this role
About the Role Stratolaunch seeks a Sr-, Staff-, or Principal-level Electrical Engineer to design, develop, verify, and test carrier aircraft and hypersonic vehicle electronics with an emphasis on electrical power systems. This on-site role in Mojave, CA involves hands-on development, integration, and collaboration with the Avionics Chief Engineer to enable rapid hypersonic flight-testing. What You'll Do
- Support electrical design, including working with existing systems and making modifications, as needed
- Use of standard aircraft components to create control, data, signal, and power circuits
- Support aircraft electrical technology development including developing the requirements, capabilities, and implementing a development plan
- Create wiring diagrams and harness diagrams for electrical systems
- Peer review, provide necessary feedback, and approve wiring diagrams and harness diagrams
- Represent the electrical systems in mission control, continuing console operator duties and contributing to flight test activities
- Develop electrical system requirement verification activities
- Perform electrical system test verification activities
- Perform design and/or analysis to support component development
- Support test procedure development and test execution
- Write interface control documents (ICDs) and support integrated testing
- Develop engineering tools, as needed, to complete their tasking
- Regular and comprehensive communication to the Avionics Chief Engineer on a weekly and monthly basis
- Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
- Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments What We're Looking For
- Knowledge of, and experience with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, avionics, aircraft and/or hypersonic vehicle integration
- Knowledge of EWIS standards for electrical component hookups
- Experience architecting, maintaining, and debugging electrical power systems (28VDC & 115VAC, 400Hz)
- Experience writing test procedures and reports
- Experience with aerospace relays such as MIL-PRF-83536 (or equivalent)
- Experience creating and maintaining wiring harness diagrams
- Familiarity with aircraft power components such as TRUs, circuit breakers, and bus feeds
- Experience with technical aerospace leadership, including working with sub-contractors
- Experience with requirements development, with a focus on electrical interface management
- Experience with risk management
- Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns
- Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
- Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance Nice to Have
- Experience with government agencies
- Experience with hypersonic programs
- Experience performing Electrical Load Analysis (ELA)
- Experience with 747 electrical systems
- Experience with IEEE 802.3 networking standards and IRIG-106 telemetry standards
- Experience with PCB design, bring-up, and integration
- Experience with being on a Mission Control Center console during flight operations Compensation & Benefits
- Salary ranges: Sr-level $120,500–$158,000; Staff-level $157,000–$206,000; Principal-level $181,000–$237,300 (USD, yearly)
- Benefits: 9/80 schedule, healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs), paid maternity and parental leave, 50% 401(k) match up to $11,500, tuition reimbursement
- Travel: