Sr. Electrical Systems Engineer

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Position Purpose: The Sr. Electrical Systems Engineer will engage in a broad range of engineering activities as a member of a diverse team working to design the next generation of small satellites.

Title: Sr. Electrical Systems Engineer

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: Pay Range: $100,000 - $185,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location: Lafayette, CO

Benefits:

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date

• Life insurance

• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution

• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

Job Responsibilities:

• Act as an interface between the electrical engineering team and the systems team by leveraging a solid electrical engineering foundation to help develop system level solutions to difficult technical challenges.

• Work with representatives from a variety of engineering discipline to develop trade studies, architecture proposals, and operation plans for satellite Perform detailed and data driven analysis to help guide design decisions.

• Review and provide feedback on subsystem designs to ensure the vehicle is robust and meets all electrical requirements at the system level. Work with senior engineers on the most complex problems as part of a larger team, while refining your mentorship skills with more junior engineers on other projects.

• Create and maintain detailed design documentation for use by other engineers, other teams, and external Hold formal and informal system design reviews with both peers and mentors as needed.

• Create and maintain requirements for existing and new electrical design projects by working across engineering teams to understand system needs and hardware capability.

• Design both flex and round wire harnessing as Show an ability to both make updates to existing designs and start new designs at the requirements gathering stage.

• Use a variety of tools to analyze and simulate satellite electrical systems by selecting the best tool for the job as Generate schematics using an ECAD tool, diagram system grounding schemes, or develop custom tools to help to verify pinouts and system connectivity.

• Other responsibilities as

Required Qualifications/Education:

• BS degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or similar
• 5+ years of Electrical Engineering experience from board to sub-system and system level
• Strong ability to communicate with other engineers, management, and external customers over both written and verbal communication channels is a must.
• Excellent analytical skills and demonstratable knowledge of electrical engineering and system level design.
• Familiarity with at least one schematic capture/layout tool and at least one spice- based simulation tool.
• Experience using MATLAB, Python, or other scripting language for scientific
• Experience designing for harsh or mission critical environments a plus – including but not limited to aerospace, automotive, aviation, medical, or naval.
• Experience designing to industry standards (such as EMI/EMC) a
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education.

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted.  However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

Physical requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time, use hands to handle or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other protected factor. Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.  To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at HR@bluecanyontech.com.