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AST - Electrical Power Systems, Electrical Engineer (Direct Hire)
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Posted 2 days ago
HybridHouston, TX$123K – $160KApply by May 27, 2026Electrical EngineeringINTJISTJISTPEngineeringTransportation
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You will serve as an Electrical Engineer responsible for defining, designing, integrating, and evaluating spacecraft Electrical Power Distribution and Control (EPDC) systems and interfaces. You will provide technical expertise in power systems, hardware development, testing, verification, anomaly resolution, and mission integration activities.
What You'll Do
- →Defends Electrical Power Distribution and Control (EPDC) technical recommendations, and project status to spacecraft program management.
- →Participates in spacecraft anomaly investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to support mission success and vehicle reliability.
- →Leads the design and integration of spacecraft EPDC systems to meet mission, safety, performance, and interface requirements.
- →Designs, evaluates, and supports spacecraft EPDC hardware solutions to ensure compliance with vehicle and mission requirements.
- →Develops and implements EPDC test, integration verification plans to validate system performance and operational readiness.
- →Defines and recommends spacecraft power system architectures and interface requirements based on mission objectives and vehicle capabilities.
- →Recommends spacecraft wiring and harness design, inspection, and test requirements at component, subsystem, and vehicle levels.
Requirements
- ✓If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor's degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a graduate degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above.
- ✓Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for this position.
- ✓Engineering degrees earned within the United States: Engineering degrees earned within the United States must be from a college or university that has at least one ABET accredited engineering program.
- ✓To find out if a school has at least one ABET accredited program, please visit http://www.abet.org.
- ✓Engineering degrees earned outside the United States: Engineering degrees earned outside the United States must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords.
- ✓These are non-governmental agreements among organizations that accredit academic degree programs.
- ✓MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mature accreditation systems and programs accredited by signatory organizations within their jurisdictions.
- ✓For a listing of Signatories, please visit, https://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/is-your-program-recognized/.
- ✓Science and other related degrees earned within the United States: Science and other related degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓Science and other related degrees earned outside the United States: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs.
- ✓These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
- ✓All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.
Personality Fit
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