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Voyager Technologies is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company developing transformative, mission-critical solutions for aerospace and defense applications. This Principal Electrical Engineer role is part of Voyager Lunar Systems, based in Pittsburgh, PA, and reports to the Electronic Systems Manager.
You will serve as the Technical Authority for all electrical systems of Peregrine lunar landers, owning the complete electrical subsystem architecture and ensuring all deliverables meet technical rigor, schedule, and budget requirements. This is a high-impact individual contributor role with mentoring and technical leadership responsibilities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Operate as single point of technical accountability for all electrical systems of the lunar lander
- Develop, document, and maintain the technical solution for lunar lander electrical systems within project and program constraints
- Delegate technical authority to dotted-line engineers and mentor small teams of engineers on complex product design
- Identify, characterize, and manage risks, issues, and opportunities
- Define and defend verification and acceptance approaches
- Support configuration control and baseline integrity
- Review and approve supplier technical deliverables and milestone reviews
- Present technical status and defend assigned scope at formal program reviews
The role requires up to 10% travel, including possible overnight trips to launch sites, customer facilities, and NASA/Government centers. You must be able to lift and move items up to 10 pounds.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 10+ years of professional experience developing electrical or electronic hardware in production, mission-critical, aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability industries
- Proven track record designing, testing, and integrating spacecraft electrical systems (Avionics, EPS, RF Comms, Harness)
- B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent work experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Systems engineering (SE) experience controlling requirements, risks, and integration flow
- Experience developing spacecraft electrical systems for Class D unmanned spacecraft or similar
- Experience with power budgeting and system-level energy balance analysis
- Familiarity with solar photovoltaic and lithium-ion battery technology
- Familiarity with RF Communications system performance and link budgets
- Familiarity with electronics, circuit analysis, and component/LRU design processes
- Experience with Microsoft Project, JIRA, or similar task management tools
- Knowledge of Range Safety and Ground Safety electronics compliance
- Knowledge of NASA-STD 4001 and NASA-STD 4003 or similar standards
- Knowledge of space environmental testing (TVAC, Shock and Vibe, EMI/EMC)
- M.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering
Note: Applicants must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual) and eligible to obtain required export authorizations due to ITAR and EAR compliance.
