Contract Electrical Engineer

Aegis Aerospace has a long history of developing and delivering spaceflight hardware and payloads supporting the International Space Station (ISS), NASA lunar missions, and other human-spaceflight programs.

As our portfolio continues to grow, our team is developing another ISS payload as well as hardware supporting a commercial space station.

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our project team in Webster, Texas to design, develop, integrate, and test electrical hardware supporting these programs.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on product development engineer capable of supporting electrical hardware through the full development lifecycle—from requirements definition and concept development through design, procurement, assembly, integration, troubleshooting, verification, and test.

This is a 2-year contract position working a fixed 29-hour schedule each week, with Monday through Wednesday onsite in Webster and Thursday remote.

• Interpret system and interface requirements and translate them into electrical hardware requirements.
• Develop and document electrical system and hardware requirements.
• Design electrical circuits, printed circuit boards, interfaces, and supporting electrical hardware.
• Conduct electrical trade studies and provide technical expertise when evaluating design alternatives.
• Perform circuit analyses and engineering calculations to validate design performance.
• Ensure electrical designs meet applicable size, weight, power, performance, and cost constraints.
• Define and baseline electrical interfaces to support successful system integration.
• Develop and maintain electrical hardware specifications, schematics, drawings, and other technical documentation.
• Support PCB design and development using Altium or comparable design tools.
• Plan and execute verification and validation activities to demonstrate compliance with requirements.
• Develop detailed assembly, integration, and test procedures.
• Use laboratory test equipment to verify, characterize, and troubleshoot electrical hardware.
• Support procurement, fabrication, assembly, integration, and testing of development and flight hardware.
• Review electrical drawings and technical documentation for accuracy and release.