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Employment Category: Part-time surge position: up to 20 hours per week, with schedule flexibility based on design, fabrication, and test milestones. Duty station is within the NASA AFRC area; relocation or travel to AFRC will not be accommodated.
Onsite presence is not required every day—work is part-time surge and may be accomplished offsite until integration and test activities require onsite support at AFRC.
Location: Within the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) area – hybrid; offsite work permitted until integration and test
Work performed in office, control room, and field environments.
Work Environment: Work includes office/design environments and electronics laboratory environments during circuit card test and integration.
Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance
Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen

Job Summary

The Simulation Electronics Engineer provides research-level electronics engineering support to the Simulation Engineering Branch (Code 580) at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center under the Engineering and Technical Support Services (ETSS) contract.

This position supports the design, development, and test of a power distribution board used in the cockpit interface unit subsystem. The work consists of designing the electronic circuit card, completing schematic capture in preparation for board production, and testing the circuit card design once returned from the board manufacturer to verify it operates within required operational parameters—or modifying the circuit should it not function as required.

This is a part-time surge position (up to 20 hours per week). Work may be accomplished offsite within the AFRC area until integration and test activities require onsite presence.

Primary Responsibilities

Design an electronic circuit card (power board) to distribute power within the cockpit interface unit subsystem.
Complete schematic capture and printed circuit board (PCB) layout in preparation for board production.
Define required operational parameters and develop test procedures for circuit card verification.
Test the manufactured circuit card to ensure it operates per required operational parameters.
Troubleshoot and modify the circuit design should the circuit not function as required.
Develop firmware and support data acquisition as required for circuit test and integration.
Document design, schematics, test results, and design changes.
Coordinate with the Simulation Engineering Branch for integration and test of the power board within the cockpit interface unit subsystem.

Key Benefits and Impact

Apply deep electronics design expertise to flight research simulation hardware at NASA Armstrong.
Own the power board design end-to-end—from schematic capture through fabrication, test, and integration.
Support the cockpit interface unit subsystem used in real-time simulation of research aircraft.
Enjoy a flexible, part-time surge schedule with hybrid work until integration and test.

Benefits

Sick Leave

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or greater in Engineering or Physical Science with at least 20 years of experience, including 5 years as a Principal Investigator, Group Leader, Project Engineer, Project Manager, or equivalent (per ETSS Research Engineer labor category; a Master's degree may substitute for 2 years of related experience, a Doctorate for 5 years).
Demonstrated circuit design experience.
Strong understanding of analog and digital electronics theory.
Understanding of embedded systems.
PCB design and layout experience.
Schematic capture experience.
Signal processing experience.
Firmware development experience.
Data acquisition experience.
Advanced programming skills.
U.S. Citizenship required (NASA facility access).

Preferred Qualifications

AutoCAD experience.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Experience with microcontrollers.
Programming experience in C++, C, Java, and/or Python.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.