Responsibilities:

• Developing design concepts and technical baselines for payload communications processors and satellite controllers
  
• Developing payload subsystem-level requirements and interface definitions and link budgets
  
• Conducting payload design trades, including potential source identification/selection through formal Requests for Information
  
• Perform analysis and decompose system level performance requirements to verifiable allocated subsystems/components requirements. Perform analysis to size computing/Digital signal processing/FPGA resources needed to implement the functionality specified to the subsystem

Requirements

The Engineer’s responsibilities will include:

• Design and testing of CubeSat spaceflight hardware.
• Verification and Validation of CubeSat spacecraft performance.
• Support the end-to-end engineering lifecycle for various CubeSat missions

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineer, Physics, or similar.
• Experience with testing electrical systems using oscilloscopes and other similar test equipment.

Desired Qualifications:

• Familiarity with CubeSats.
• Experience with Goddard Space Flight Center engineering practices.
• Experience with using oscilloscopes, power supplies, and other laboratory equipment associated with electrical engineering and electronics hardware development.
• Component-level testing on spacecraft hardware.
• Familiarity with PWB design and layout.
• Familiarity with electrical harness design and drawing.
• Familiarity with power systems analysis

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Crean is looking for a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to help guide the avionics strategy, architecture, and design for missile avionics. There are opportunities in AZ and Washington, DC. It is a mix of on-site and remote, with up to 75% of the work being remote.

Basic Requirements:

• BSEE/MSEE with 10+ years of experience designing missile avionics and/or systems
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for missile and/or re-entry vehicle architecture and design

Preferred Requirements:

• Secret / Top Secret clearance (or ability to obtain)
• Experience with Attitude Control Systems (ACS) / Guidance Systems
• Experience designing strategic radiation hardened systems

Scope:

• Consultant for 3–4-month effort
• Upcoming Strategic Missile, RV and Hypersonic Platforms
• Determine Spiral Upgrade Timing/Opportunities
• Identify Customer Needs/Wants/Problem Areas and Recurring Price Points
• Identify Technology Gaps
• Perform Overall Competitor Assessment
• Assessment of Moog/BRE440, and other viable processors
• Assessment of requirements and Avionics architectures for different missile applications (strategic, missile defense, hypersonic)
• Identify Potential Moog Differentiators
• Develop technology development roadmap and cost

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In this role, successful candidates shall interface with design engineers, commodity specialists, and vendor personnel to identify appropriate spaceflight quality parts, and resolve problems and issues. Chair Project Parts Control Board (PCB) meetings, review parts lists for compliance with NASA GSFC and Project-specific quality and reliability requirements, and participate in Failure Review Board meetings.  Develop/review screening, lot acceptance testing, and destructive physical analysis results and provide concise synopses for lot disposition. Provide for planning of technical and financial support to Branch and Project management. Support of subcontract project team members may require domestic and international travel (<10%).

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.  Early Career (1-4 years of experience), Mid Career (5-8 years of experience) and Senior (8+ years of experience) or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• An understanding of space environment effects on packaged electrical/electronic systems (materials, radiation, and thermal).
• Familiarity with selection and handling of mil spec standards of electronic parts, connectors and cabling.
• Must have strong initiative and problem solving skills with the ability to make oral and written arguments.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of an integrated project team with limited supervision.
• Excellent Verbal and Written Communication skills.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• US Citizenship required

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Physics and a minimum of 7 years of experience related to the manufacturing, testing or selection of Electrical, Electronic, and Electro-mechanical (EEE) parts.
• Demonstrated understanding of the differences between military, space and commercial part specifications, manufacturing, testing and flight applications.
• Demonstrated experience with and application of GSFC EEE-INST-002, MIL-STD-1547, Aerospace TOR, and ESA Space Standards.
• Training and/or experience in pre-seal visual inspection, particularly microcircuits and hybrids.

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Position will include providing electrical/electronic engineering support services and related work to the Engineering and Technology Directorate.  The work includes the study, design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification and operations of spaceflight, airborne and ground system hardware, and software, including development and validation of new technologies to enable future space and science missions.

Responsibilities Include:

• Responsible for testing of various flight and non-flight hardware including: instruments; payloads; spacecraft components and subsystems, and integration onto the spacecraft.
• Support development and execution of comprehensive procedures that verify all physical and functional instrument/payload/spacecraft interface requirements.
• Execute test scripts and procedures that verify compliance and performance of spacecraft systems.
• Demonstrate experience with Telemetry and Control systems for spacecraft and instruments, specifically CCRS.
• Support I&T and environmental testing shifts which requires schedule flexibility (nights and weekends) and support of some 24×7 testing.
• Work with engineers and technicians to develop hardware assembly procedures.
• Familiar with DC electrical power supplies, basic electrical circuits, and shall review and run assembly and test procedures.
• Supervise assembly and test procedures executed by other technicians.
• Support I&T meetings to determine or resolve issues related to integration and testing.
• The candidate must be able to work well with others in a team environment. The candidate must have good communications skills and keep the customer and management team informed on work status.
• The candidate will be required to follow all applicable GSFC documents for compliance with quality and safety directives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree, or equivalent education and/or experience in electrical test and integration of aerospace. 5 years or greater of relevant work experience in aerospace industry with concentration in working with spaceflight hardware or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5 or more years of integration and test experience, specifically with spaceflight hardware.
• Have an understanding of space flight hardware and electronic systems.
• Programming experience, particularly an understanding of Boolean/Discrete logic.
• The ability to commit new systems and common procedures to memory.
• The ability to work in a team environment and follow orders without suppressing the ability to suggest/provide input.
• Excellent organizational, leadership, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be a US citizen with ability to pass a government background investigation.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working on NASA GSFC in-house spacecraft or in-house payload/instrument assembly, integration and test programs is preferred.
• Familiarity with NASA GSFC I&T work flows and experience with Work Order Authorization (WOAs) is desired
• Eclipse preferred.

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• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Aerospace, Mechanical, Physics, Electrical, Systems Engineering, or other related discipline from an accredited school.
• In-depth experience in the aerospace/defense cryogenic and thermal systems.
• Expertise in stress analysis of primary and secondary structures primarily dealing with spacecraft propulsion systems. Includes static, dynamic, vibration isolation, fatigue, system level finite element (linear, non-linear) modeling and dynamic analysis of mechanical systems and components including modal, random, sine, transient and shock response, noise, and vibration test data reduction & analysis.
• Use classical stress and strain methods and software to predict structural integrity and failure and design flight components.
• Experience producing structural analysis reports and ability to communicate analysis results effectively.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment.
• Familiarity with engineering product development tools for cryo/thermal systems- CREO/NX/Thermal Desktop, etc.
• Expertise in NASTRAN, FEMAP/NX, MATLAB, MATHCAD.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Job Location is Alabama. Onsite only.

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• BS or higher with 10 or more years’ experience in systems engineering and related electrical or mechanical engineering background in any or all areas of space systems. This includes architecture, design, components and hardware, integration and test, as well as launch, in-orbit performance and operational aspects.
• SE support on Satellite and Space related communications and sensor payloads, and spacecraft bus systems.
• Opportunities exist in CA, CO, TX, AL, DC, with many allowing some or all remote support.

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• Primary focus is on Solar Array drives, motors and rotary and linear actuators
• Leading the development of complex mechanical systems, from concept to production.
• Design and analyze mechanisms, manage project timeline
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product integration
• Mentor and train team member and implement best practices for design and engineering processes

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CREAN is a consulting organization dedicated to improving the position of our clients in the marketplace as well as provide technology and engineering solutions, specializing in Technical Subject Matter Expertise in Space, launch, missile, and aviation sectors. We are looking for a talented, highly motivated Systems engineer with Communications and Payload experience to join the development of the next generation of satellite payloads.

Responsibilities will include some of the following:

• Develop high-level architecture description of the system and system elements working with all Stakeholders
• Develop system architecture from the perspective of conceptual, physical, and functional attributes
• Describe the behaviors of the system, define data and data flows, document internal and external interfaces, and identify constraints that impact the design.
• Transition from System Requirements to Logical and Physical Architecture Models.
• Support system performance trade studies.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in systems engineering is required. Experience with space systems.
• Proven ability to perform trade studies, conduct major design reviews (e.g. PDR and CDR) and allocate functions down to subsystems and hardware/software.
• Hardware components and system test experience in space systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including a demonstrated ability to interact effectively with customers, management, and peers.
• Ability to write technical sections of customer requests for information (RFIs) or proposals, including developing presentations to describe the technical approach in a clear manner.
• Space-Ground-Terrestrial System level analysis capabilities
• Proficiency in relevant analytical tools (e.g. MATLAB, etc.)
• A U.S. Government issued security clearance is preferred, but not required.

Desired Skills:

• System Engineering experience and ability to both see the “Big Picture” and also understand the detailed design at the component and unit level.

Education:

• Bachelor Science degree required; Systems or Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science or Physics preferred.
• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or certificate program in the study of Systems Engineering preferred

Additional information:

• This is an independent contractor role, categorized as a 1099 employee. An independent contractor provides his or her services to CREAN, Inc. on a project to project basis. Being a 1099 contractor offers the benefits of greater flexibility, no tax withholding, increased tax deduction options, and increased earnings potential. To learn more about independent contractors in the workplace, you can click here: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/independent-contractor-defined
• 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
• By onboarding with CREAN, Inc., we will add you to our database of highly skilled Engineers and Managers. We then market your skills and knowledge to our more than 50 active clients in the Space, Aerospace, Aviation and Manufacturing sectors. This benefits you in the sense that we are marketing your skills directly for you. This way, you are not required to source your own short-term contracts for technical expertise, nor are you not restricted or limited to working with any other company at any time.
• As an independent contractor enlisted with CREAN, we can offer competitive compensation.

CREAN, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; partnering with CREAN is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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CREAN is a consulting organization dedicated to improving the position of our clients in the marketplace as well as provide technology and engineering solutions, specializing in Technical Subject Matter Expertise in Space, launch, missile, and aviation sectors. We are looking for a talented, highly motivated Systems engineer with Communications and Payload experience to join the development of the next generation of satellite payloads.

Responsibilities will include some of the following:

• Developing architecture, design concepts, and technical baselines for one or more satellite Bus Subsystems (T&C, Power, Attitude Control, Propulsion, Harness, Environmental) and related hardware/software.
• Developing Bus subsystem-level requirements and interface definitions and mass/power budgets.
• Conducting Bus design trades, including potential source identification/selection through formal Requests for Information particularly for space systems which may also include deep space communications systems.
• Perform analysis and decompose system level performance requirements to verifiable allocated subsystems/components requirement.
• Creating technology maturation and risk reduction plans for critical satellite elements and satellite subsystems.
• Supporting proposal development activities for satellite systems.
• Support program design, development, manufacturing, assembly and test activities through spacecraft delivery.
• Support component, subsystem, and spacecraft testing through spacecraft delivery including in-orbit testing and operations.

Basic Qualifications:

• Proven ability to develop and analyze technical requirements, perform trade studies, conduct major design reviews (e.g. PDR and CDR) and allocate functions down to subsystems and hardware/software.
• Hardware components and system test experience in satellite systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including a demonstrated ability to interact effectively with customers, management, and peers.
• Ability to write technical sections of customer requests for information (RFIs) or proposals, including developing presentations to describe the technical approach in a clear manner.
• Space-Ground-Terrestrial System level analysis capabilities to develop robust system budgets, waveforms, etc. potentially including deep space applications.
• Proficiency in relevant analytical tools (e.g. QDF, DOORS, LabView, etc.)
• A U.S. Government issued clearance is preferred, but not required.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with satellite design, build, integration, testing, and operation.
• Experience developing System Block Diagrams and documenting Analog/Digital interfaces.
• End-to-end systems engineering and architecture development including space segment; space-to-ground communications, command & control; and terrestrial communications systems.
• Proven ability to develop analytical modeling and simulation tools/environments.
• Experience in requirements flow-down (e.g. MBSE, DOORS), Configuration Management, Failure Review Boards/Root Cause processes, etc.
• Prior satellite system engineering experience, 5-20 years.

Education:

• Bachelor Science degree required; Electrical or Mechanical Systems Engineering or Aerospace preferred.
• Master’s degree in related field preferred, but not required.

Additional information:

• This is an independent contractor role, categorized as a 1099 employee. An independent contractor provides his or her services to CREAN, Inc. on a project to project basis. Being a 1099 contractor offers the benefits of greater flexibility, no tax withholding, increased tax deduction options, and increased earnings potential. To learn more about independent contractors in the workplace, you can click here: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/independent-contractor-defined
• 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
• By onboarding with CREAN, Inc., we will add you to our database of highly skilled Engineers and Managers. We then market your skills and knowledge to our more than 50 active clients in the Space, Aerospace, Aviation and Manufacturing sectors. This benefits you in the sense that we are marketing your skills directly for you. This way, you are not required to source your own short-term contracts for technical expertise, nor are you not restricted or limited to working with any other company at any time.
• As an independent contractor enlisted with CREAN, we can offer competitive compensation.

CREAN, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; partnering with CREAN is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

To apply, click here.

CREAN is a consulting organization dedicated to improving the position of our clients in the marketplace as well as provide technology and engineering solutions, specializing in Technical Subject Matter Expertise in Space, launch, missile, and aviation sectors. We are looking for a talented, highly motivated Systems engineer with Communications and Payload experience to join the development of the next generation of satellite payloads.

Responsibilities will include some of the following:

• Developing architecture, design concepts, and technical baselines for satellite payload communications and sensor systems, processors and related hardware/software.
• Developing payload subsystem-level requirements and interface definitions and link budgets including passive and active antenna systems, and related payload components for high throughput systems and high-power applications.
• Conducting communications payload design trades, including potential source identification/selection through formal Requests for Information particularly for space systems which may also include deep space communications systems.
• Perform analysis and decompose system level performance requirements to verifiable allocated subsystems/components requirement.
• Creating technology maturation and risk reduction plans for critical payload elements and satellite subsystems.
• Supporting proposal development activities for objective payload systems.
• Support program design, development, manufacturing, assembly and test activities through spacecraft delivery.
• Support component, subsystem, and spacecraft testing through spacecraft delivery including in-orbit testing and operations.

Basic Qualifications:

• Proven ability to develop and analyze technical requirements, perform trade studies, conduct major design reviews (e.g. PDR and CDR) and allocate functions down to subsystems and hardware/software.
• Hardware components and system test experience in satellite systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including a demonstrated ability to interact effectively with customers, management, and peers.
• Ability to write technical sections of customer requests for information (RFIs) or proposals, including developing presentations to describe the technical approach in a clear manner.
• Space-Ground-Terrestrial System level analysis capabilities to develop robust system budgets, waveforms, etc. potentially including deep space applications.
• Proficiency in relevant analytical tools (e.g. QDF, DOORS, LabView, etc.)
• A U.S. Government issued clearance is preferred, but not required.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with satellite communications technologies and waveforms and general knowledge of active arrays and digital electronics/DSP systems.
• Experience developing System Block Diagrams and documenting Analog/Digital/RF interfaces.
• End-to-end systems engineering and architecture development including space segment; space-to-ground communications, command & control; and terrestrial communications systems.
• Proven ability to develop analytical modeling and simulation tools/environments.
• Experience in requirements flow-down (e.g. MBSE, DOORS), Configuration Management, Failure Review Boards/Root Cause processes, etc.
• Prior satellite communications or sensors payload experience, 5-20 years.

Education:

• Bachelor Science degree required; Electrical or Systems Engineering, RF / Microwave Communications, Computer Science or Aerospace preferred.
• Master’s degree in related field preferred, but not required.

Additional information:

• This is an independent contractor role, categorized as a 1099 employee. An independent contractor provides his or her services to CREAN, Inc. on a project to project basis. Being a 1099 contractor offers the benefits of greater flexibility, no tax withholding, increased tax deduction options, and increased earnings potential. To learn more about independent contractors in the workplace, you can click here: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/independent-contractor-defined
• 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
• By onboarding with CREAN, Inc., we will add you to our database of highly skilled Engineers and Managers. We then market your skills and knowledge to our more than 50 active clients in the Space, Aerospace, Aviation and Manufacturing sectors. This benefits you in the sense that we are marketing your skills directly for you. This way, you are not required to source your own short-term contracts for technical expertise, nor are you not restricted or limited to working with any other company at any time.
• As an independent contractor enlisted with CREAN, we can offer competitive compensation.

CREAN, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; partnering with CREAN is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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• Test Technicians and/or Test Engineers capable of tuning and testing millimeter wave hardware at frequencies above 45 GHz. This is old MIC style, chip, and wire hardware.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in this type of aerospace hardware, lab/clean room environment and procedures is required.
• **The work requires a Top Secret clearance via an SSBI** This part of the requirement is unfortunately non-negotiable.
• The need is immediate and forecasted to last 1-2 years and there are multiple positions available.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering and at least 3 years of experience developing Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) for aerospace electronics or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with programming FPGAs, must be familiar with VHDL and Python
• While this is not a supervisory role, the candidate must be comfortable directing the work of technicians and engineers, and delegating tasks to others
• Job Location is Maryland. 100% on site.
• US Citizenship is required.

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• B.S. in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution with 7-10 years of relevant laboratory work experience, along with demonstrated leadership in a Electrical, Electronic, and Electro-mechanical testing/analysis laboratory or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent technical communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Ability to implement precise and repeatable measurement techniques to accurately characterize the electrical performance of the devices under test under varied environmental conditions
• Develop and implement specialized tests / measurement / equipment / fixturing to conduct powered testing with in-situ monitoring, while applying stresses of voltage, current, temperature, humidity or temperature cycling
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, TEAMS)
• Candidate must be a US citizen or LPR with ability to obtain a Government security clearance and/or successfully complete a background investigation.
• Job location is Maryland. 100% onsite.

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