Experienced Power Systems Engineer

Company: Boeing
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: February 12, 2020

Job Description:

The In-Space Vehicles Shared Integrated Product Team (IPT), based in El Segundo -CA, oversees the design, development, manufacture, integration and testing of satellites. As part of Boeing's Space and Missiles Division, Satellite Systems manages the company's major commercial and government satellite and ground programs for communications, national defense and other missions.The successful Experienced Power Systems Engineer(Level 4) -will work satellite power subsystem non-recurring and recurring/sustaining efforts and activities including systems engineering of power system elements and capabilities.This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility. (Basic relocation is available for internal candidates, based on candidate eligibility.)Primary Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and project management regarding power systems analyses including optimal power management during sunlight and eclipse conditions.
• Provide engaging leadership that fosters a culture of timely communication of potential issues and help needed to Program Management and Engineering Capabilities Management to quickly resolve issues and threats to performance.
• Drive timely closure of technical issues and anomalies to meet program requirements.
• Responsible for program management, earned-value reporting and cost account management of power systems activities and analyzing and approving power system test data and address power system anomalies at unit-level, subsystem, and system levels from ground test through on-orbit operations.
• Interface with program customers, suppliers, and other engineering stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers in terms of technical knowledge, project management and stakeholder relationship building. -
• Perform power system analyses and trade studies to determine optimal power system architecture.
• Ensure EPS designs comply with program requirements.
• Chair key design reviews and lead critical Root-Cause/Corrective Action investigation teams.
• Convene and chair Independent Review Teams (IRT's).
• Evaluate and champion new technology and methods.
• Experienced in project management to deliver affordable product cost that meets technical performance within aggressive schedule constraints. Responsibilities include Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and Cost Accounting Management (CAM) metrics and responsibilities..Boeing -is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. We are engineers and technicians. Skilled scientists and thinkers. Bold innovators and dreamers. Join us, and you can build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world.This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship.Basic (Required) Qualifications
  • Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, or physics is required.
  • Experience with electrical power systems.Preferred (Desired) Qualifications
    • 3+ years of experience with the design and test of space-based electrical power systems.
    • Experience performing trade studies, modeling, simulation and other forms of analysis to predict space-based power system performance.
    • Experience in Program Management including cost, schedule and technical management.
    • Experience or education in analog and/or digital circuit design for power systems.
    • Experience do you have conducting verification, test, and/or data analysis.
    • Engineering experience involving system requirements, functional decomposition and allocation, integrated design, analysis and evaluation, verification, or operations of space/ground systems.Typical Education & ExperienceDegree and typical experience in engineering classification: Bachelor's and 9 or more years' experience, Master's with 7 or more years' experience or PhD with 4 or more years' experience. Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry. ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

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