Senior Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineer

The future of aerospace and defense starts here. 

Ursa Major was founded to revolutionize how America and its allies access and apply high-performance propulsion, from hypersonics to solid rocket motors, satellite maneuvering and launch. We design and deliver propulsion and defense systems that solve the most urgent and critical national security demands. 

Our products and technologies require an extraordinary team. A team that will mold tomorrow’s technologies while deploying today’s best. We are an intrinsically motivated team that has a passion for solving problems and empowering each other every day to develop our skills, knowing that there is always room for growth.

As a Senior Instrumentation & Controls Systems Engineer you will be responsible for the design, selection, build, maintenance, and ownership of data and control systems, to include software, hardware, and user interfaces. You will interface and work closely with other Engineers, Operators, and Technicians to enable test and facility automation capabilities, in addition to troubleshooting, maintaining, and improving the reliability and efficiency of test and support facilities. You will implement solutions that enable facility connectivity and real-time decision making with a focus on operator experience. Project focus will be to create modular, configurable designs where requirements are locked but forward-looking options are allocated and considered.

 Responsibilities:   

• Own project implementation by working with stakeholders to generate requirements, design, analysis, procurement, build, and system activation
• Support the deployment, testing, evaluation of data, maintenance, and troubleshooting of systems by providing insight, feedback, and direct support of users
• Enable the fidelity of data, functionality, and lifespan of I&C systems by providing technical expertise to inform project scope, tradeoffs, alternatives, and schedule refinement
• Ownership of implementation of data acquisition hardware and sensors to support rocket component checkouts and engine testing, examples include:
  • PXIe, SCXI, CRIO’s, PLC, etc.
  • Pressure, temperature, thrust, and flow measurement
  • LabVIEW and communications software
• Generate schematics and overall system level documentation and work instructions for non-electrical technicians and engineers for installation and maintenance of I&C systems
• Contribute to operational efficiency gains by soliciting user feedback and shadowing operations
• Ability to operate with minimal management oversight to execute multi-disciplinary engineering projects
  • Projects may be independent or require leading a technical team of engineers/technicians from across the organization

Required Qualifications:   

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in mechanical/electrical/computer engineering or equivalent technical experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with instrumentation and control systems
• Passion for designing I&C systems and the desire to be hands-on with the system
• Excellent communication skills, written / spoken/ electronic
• Hands-on experience with deterministic control systems and software
• Experience working with multiple engineering disciplines and technicians
• System level design & implementation of data acquisition systems with focus on circuitry and/or software
• Understanding of digital and analog signals, signal response characteristics, noise, filtering, processing, shielding, and grounding
• Experience with rapid design and installation of I&C systems and related software from concept through activation and daily operation
• Demonstrated knowledge of industrial communications such as RS485, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, Profibus, Modbus
• Ability to evaluate and assess risk positions and provide recommended path forwards
• Ability to perform physical tasks including standing for long periods, working on ladders, kneeling, crouching, working in tight spaces, lifting objects (up to 25 lbs.)

Preferred Experience:

• Design of electrical and DAC systems for hazardous locations (Class I, Div. 1 and Div. 2)
• Experience in hardware-focused organization with hands on hardware production, development, and troubleshooting, while balancing requirements from multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
• Experience developing safety-monitored controls for personnel-operated and unattended equipment
• Experience performing Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), System Safety and Hazards Analysis
• Experience with a variety of so