Senior Space Embedded Electronics-Technical Staff

 

MIT Lincoln Laboratory sits at the intersection of academia, industry, and government. Our nationally-recognized staff work collaboratively to solve some of the nation’s most challenging problems. As part of the Engineering Division, we team broadly across MIT Lincoln Laboratory and MIT campus to address a wide variety of problems through analysis, design, prototyping, and testing. Our teaming culture energizes our staff and fosters a high level of collaboration among a wide array of skills and experience levels. In addition, the group values work-life balance, using hybrid arrangements and flexible schedules to maximize productivity.

 

The group is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We understand that a diverse workplace fosters a creative and productive atmosphere and we are dedicated to making sure that every staff member in the group is supported in their work and that every voice is heard. The Laboratory sponsors resource groups and events dedicated to a wide variety of identities.

 

Help us build highly impactful space prototypes for NASA, the DoD, and others!

The Control and Autonomous Systems Engineering Group is dedicated to developing highly complex, reliable space systems with core capabilities in precision pointing, low noise and high-power electronics, firmware, and software. We have the unique ability to take programs from initial concept through full qualification, all within our group.

 

Position Description

 

 In the Technical Staff role you will be empowered to lead significant portions of space electronics programs that have huge impact for the nation. In this role you combine leadership with individual contributions through all phases of hardware development: requirement definition and functional decompositions, architecture studies, detailed circuit design and component selection, fabrication and assembly oversight, testing, troubleshooting and system integration.  You will also be expected to prepare and present technical briefings for sponsors (interim status reviews, Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, etc.)  You will frequently lead small teams consisting of 3-6 peers or more junior engineers for larger design efforts. Therefore, hands on experience and leadership acumen are critical to the role. 

 

Given the wide range of work in our Group, we seek the following attributes

 

• A Ph.D in Electrical Engineering with specific hands-on experience in space electronics design. In lieu of a Ph.D, an MS degree with 5+ years of hands-on experience in designing electronics for the space environment in one or more of the following areas: Analog, Digital, Mixed-Signal, Power, FPGA, Single Board Computers
• Experience with Mentor Graphics design tools for schematic capture and printed circuit board layout (DxDesigner, Xpedition)
• Familiarity with radiation, screening and derating requirements for high-reliability, space-rated EEE components
• Ability to perform Worst-Case Circuit Analyses for various types of electronic designs
• Working knowledge of circuit simulation tools such as PSpice
• Use of test equipment such as oscilloscopes, waveform generators, spectrum analyzers and logic analyzers for integration and hardware debugging
• Excellent written, verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with other team members

 

Exceptional candidates may also have experience in one or more of the following

 

• Experience with developing real-time embedded software in C++ using VxWorks (or similar) Real-Time Operating Systems
• Working knowledge of Matlab, Python, Ruby or similar computing platforms to develop various tools and utilities to support hardware design and test efforts
• Experience with FPGA firmware development using VHDL, Verilog or System Verilog to model, design, simulate, test and implement FPGA-based systems

 

Growth Opportunities

 

The Group supports a wide variety of mechanisms for staff to grow their skills and create a continual path for growth, including:

 

• Direct mentorship within the group and across the lab for projects and career guidance
• Collaboration across the Laboratory’s suite of programs to broaden your network internally and externally
• Community exposure through external conferences/meetings and internally-hosted workshops that draw senior leaders from government and