Electrical Engineer

Job Title:
Electrical Engineer
Location:
Houston, TX

About Us:

Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies - from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers - to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we're driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.

ILC Dover has been a pioneer in state-of-the-art space development and production programs since the 1960s. Our company culture and competencies focus on high quality, reliable softgoods for demanding applications. From Apollo on, our innovations have supported every U.S. astronaut space flight mission. We are expanding our team in Houston to support the next generation of exploration systems, including cutting-edge Portable Life Support Systems (PLSS) for extravehicular activity (EVA).

Job Overview:

We are seeking a highly motivated Electrical Engineer with experience in Portable Life Support Systems (PLSS) or related life support systems to join our Houston-based team. This role will focus on the design, integration, and testing of electrical and electronic subsystems that support astronaut life support functions in space applications.

The candidate should understand basic material compatibility with space environments and softgoods. Reviews the work of members of the project teams to ensure conformance with established guidelines, methods, procedures, and policies. Provides technical oversight and assistance to other departments as required. Provide support to in-field applications if necessary. This position is subject to moderate supervision with latitude for independent judgment. The Ideal candidate will have a background in aerospace with experience in aircraft pressurization systems.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop electrical systems and components for Spacesuits, PLSS, and other products including power distribution, sensors, control electronics, and embedded systems.
  
  
• Design and develop electrical systems product design to ensure all specifications and system interface requirements are met.
  
  
• Interfaces with customers, defines system interface, and conveys requirements to Design Engineers.
  
  
• Evaluates and trades potential system and component options at all levels.
  
  
• Performs qualitative and quantitative analysis of options and makes recommendations to both internal and external customers.
  
  
• Prepares product verification plans to demonstrate compliance with specification requirements.
  
  
• Work with fabrication and manufacturing departments to ensure final design is properly executed in the creation of mechanical products.
  
  
• Use drafting tools or computer-aided design (CAD)/drafting equipment and software in design work.
  
  
• Prepares test plans and procedures for systems, subsystems, and components that must demonstrate compliance through testing.
  
  
• Disseminates engineering inputs to other departments for use in the preparation of technical orders, manuals, logistics support, reliability reports, maintainability data, and system safety inputs,
  
  
• Prepares material for presentation and participates in design reviews with both in-house personnel and customers in attendance.
  
  
• Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, and systems engineers to ensure seamless integration of electrical hardware into the overall PLSS architecture.
  
  
• Develop schematics, wiring diagrams, layouts, and interface control documents.
  
  
• Support hardware prototyping, build-up, and functional testing in lab and environmental test settings.
  
  
• Perform failure analysis, root cause investigations, and implement corrective actions.
  
  
• Ensure compliance with NASA and aerospace industry standards for safety, reliability, and human-rated systems.
  
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics Engineering.
  
  
• 5+ years of Engineering experience in Aerospace.
  
  
• Proficiency with word processing software; spreadsheet software.
  
  
• Experience collaborating with peers and cross-functional teams and external customers.
  
  
• Understanding of aerospace EEE component safety practices.
  
  
• Experience using Python & good knowledge of Linux.
  
  

Preferences:

• Experience working with NASA or commercial spaceflight programs.
  
  
• Familiarity with PLSS or Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) architectures.
  
  
• Familiarity with software tools such as LabVIEW, MATLAB, or Python for test automation and data analysis.
  
  
• Familiarity with software revision control for flight systems.
  
  
• Experience with debugging and interacting with electrical and mechanical hardware.
  
  
• Experience with environmental testing (thermal vacuum, vibration, etc.).
  
  
• Experience with PTC Windchill.
  
  
• Experience with sensor integration, power systems, and data acquisition.
  
  
• Experience with common embedded protocols: SPI, I2C, RS232/485, UDP/Ethernet.
  
  
• Background in developing embedded systems (SoC, FPGA, board schematics, register maps, etc.).
  
  

Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements:

Onsite

What We Offer:

At Ingersoll Rand, we embrace a culture of personal ownership - taking responsibility for our company, our communities, and our environment, as well as our individual health and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to empower you with the tools and support necessary to take charge of your health, ensuring that together, we can continue to make life better. Our range of benefits includes health care options like medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, as well as wellness programs. Additionally, we provide life insurance, a robust 401(k) plan, paid time off, and even an employee stock grant, among other offerings. These benefits are our commitment to you, so you can be your best at work and beyond.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.