Electrical Engineering, Junior Position (NASA Balloon Program)

Peraton provides management and technical support for NASA’s scientific balloon program which supports enabling science missions for NASA and universities across the United States and foreign scientific communities. Scientific balloon missions provide researchers inexpensive, relatively quick, long duration access to near space altitudes and environments. Balloon missions cost orders of magnitude less than satellite missions and provide platforms for heavy experiments (some greater than 5000-lbs) to operate for weeks and even months. Balloon missions have provided significant science theories and discoveries about cosmic rays, gamma ray and x-ray astronomy, optical and UV astronomy, atmospheric sciences, and cosmic microwave background studies.

Our staff are located at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, TX where we design, analyze, build and assembly the support hardware and balloon gondola payloads for the missions. We launch the balloons from locations within the United States (Texas, New Mexico, and Hawaii) and around the world including Antarctica, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia. Our engineers and technician staff support the launches and balloon and payload recoveries in the US and many worldwide locations. Peraton’s NASA Balloon Operations Contract (NBOC) program is seeking a candidate to support manufacture, test, integration, and field operations for NASA Balloon missions.

Our rural campus offers the ability to work in a low-cost of living area, but within an easy drive of Tyler, Dallas and Houston.    

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the NASA Scientific Balloon Program in the use of electrical circuits, assemblies, and devices for a variety of applications including balloon flight hardware, ground support hardware, test equipment, and/or facility modifications
• Perform complex integration ant testing of electronic systems
• Plan the manufacture, installation, operation, and maintenance of electrical apparatus
• Work directly with engineers in other disciplines in system development and integration
• Act as internal consultant providing technical guidance on complex projects
• Design, fabricate, test, verify, and integrate electrical systems
• Assess technical specifications and issue procurement requests; attend meetings, write and deliver reports and presentations to clients and managers
• Prepare design documentation including technical text, illustrations, tables, and schematics
• Draw plans and specifications for projects using computer assisted engineering and design software
• Estimate material, construction, and labor costs with project timescales
• Test installations / systems; analyze data observing all applicable electrical / construction safety regulations

Must be able to travel up to 60% travel

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
• Zero to two years of experience
• Experience is digital circuit design
• Understanding of test installations and familiar with test equipment

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in Electrical engineering, RF data telemetry, digital circuit design, mixed signal circuit design, and signal conditioning design
• ISO J-STD- 001 Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies
• ISO/WHMA-A-620 Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies

Must be able to pass a background check and drug screening. Must be able to obtain a NASA PIV badge. Must be a US Citizen.

Specific Requirements / Licensing Special Requirements:

• Must be able to travel to support campaigns in various locations around the world
• Must have or be able to obtain a passport
• Must pass the National Science Foundation Physical (Medical) requirement to work in Antarctica
• Must be able to provide proof of COVID vaccinations 

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.