Electronics Engineer, IS-0855-14

• Pass Pre-employment Background Check and Subsequent Background Investigation, as required.
• Complete a Probationary Period if applicable. 
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer.
• The position is open to all candidates eligible to work in the United States.  Proof of eligibility to work in U.S. is not required to apply.
• Applicants must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. 

OVERVIEW

MAJOR DUTIES

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

1. Mastery of advanced concepts, principles and practices of electronics engineering, in order to investigate, design, and provide consultative services to the development of an entire range of electronics for ground based and space-borne instrumentation for astrophysical data collection, as well as its associated test, calibration and ground support equipment. This will be evidenced by significant professional experience in overall systems design including electrical systems design and analysis, system resource and error budgeting, documentation, proposal preparation, sophisticated computer modeling and fabrication and test activities pertaining to the development of state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation.
2. Ability to apply advanced principles and practices of electronics engineering to the development and application of experimental theories, and emerging technology to the solution of complex instrument design problems.
3. Extensive experience with electrical schematic and board layout CAD/CAM tools.  
4. Expert knowledge of analog design techniques and design simulation tools (i.e. SPICE).
5. Experience with the development of FPGA based digital and analog signal processing systems. 
6. Working knowledge of related engineering fields such as thermal, mechanical, optical and/or structural in order to resolve design and instrument packaging problems.
7. Skill in project leadership and the ability to provide technical direction in design, fabrication, assembly, and test activities to members of a diverse engineering and scientific team. Ability to generate realistic project budgets and schedules and support multiple projects simultaneously. 
8. Strong oral and written communications skills, including the ability to serve as a technical spokesperson for SAO in areas related to the electronics of advanced instrumentation. Experience with proposal writing.