Component Engineer

Title: Component Engineer

Segment:   Voyager Space - Technology (Space Micro)

Location:  San Diego, CA

Job Type: Full Time  - 100% Onsite

Company Description: Voyager Space is dedicated to building a better future for humanity in space and on Earth. With over 35 years of spaceflight heritage and over 2,000 successful missions, Voyager is powering the commercial space revolution. Voyager delivers exploration, technology, and defense solutions to a global customer base that includes civil and national security agencies, commercial companies, academic and research institutions, and more.

Position Description:

The EEE Parts Component engineer is required to be hands on and provide technical leadership in parts selection process, parts management process, parts creation and quality control.

Responsibilities: 

• Supporting the development of high technology space programs, including all phases of product development from proposals, through design and on to production support. 
• Development of component requirements, parts selection, addressing obsolescence while working closely with design engineers, supply chain, quality, and reliability engineers. 
• coordinate with Engineering (Project, Design, Manufacturing, etc.) to ensure quality and adherence to requirements of designs. 
• Drive part standardization by recommending re-use of parts in the database (when appropriate to do so), will work with component manufacturers and distributors to attain their product roadmaps. 
• Responsible for ECAD library maintenance and new parts introduction in ECAD library.
• Review Product Change Notices (PCNs) and GIDEP (Government-Industry Data Exchange Program) alerts for their impact on components used, will advise concerned teams upon such alerts and 
• Responsible for Data Management and Part Number Management.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• Experience with component obsolescence tools and methods.
• Experience with end-of-life management, COTS, and counterfeit parts.
• Experience in setting up of EDM and Parts Management practices.
• Understanding of EEE parts qualification and screening requirements.
• Knowledge of JEDEC, EIA and IPC standards as well as applicable military, NASA (EEE-INST-002), and ESA standards.
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance and practices for Electronic Component Management Plan (ECMP).
• Knowledge of space design requirements, processes and its applications.
• Knowledge of PCB CAD designs for various assurance levels and vendor capabilities.
• Knowledge of high-density interconnects relating to micro vias, fuzz/micro buttons, BGA packaging as well as high frequency electronics like RF microwave, MMIC, high speed digital.
• Experience with and in-depth technical knowledge of, but not limited to, passive and active electronic components, processors, memories, connectors, wires and cables, metal finishes, tin whisker mitigation, lead-free control, etc. 
• Understanding of analysis techniques like thermal, structural, high speed digital, impedance control, etc.
• Solid understanding of configuration management, requirements traceability and related processes.

Preferences: 

• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• Experience with grading tools.
• Experience participating in PMPCB reviews, including preparation and presentation of approval requests for non-standard parts.
• Experience in failure analysis/RCCA.
• Experience presenting results and communicate with Customers, Consultants, and Senior Management.
• Design for Manufacturing and Design for Testing.

Salary Range: $90,000 – $105,000

Voyager Space - Technology (Space Micro) offers a comprehensive, total compensation package, which includes competitive salary, a discretionary annual bonus plan, paid time off (PTO), a comprehensive health benefit package, retirement savings, wellness program, and various other benefits. When you join our team, you’re not just an employee; you become part of a dynamic community dedicated to innovation and excellence.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

  Voyager Space - Technology (Space Micro) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. 

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran

The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.