Satellites

Boeing Space Satellites

Organization: Boeing Space
Role: Space Electronics & Mechanical Product Design Engineer
Dates: Aug 2024 – Present

Tasks

● Serve as Mechanical Responsible Engineering Authority for Spacecraft Control Electronics
● Deliver designs that satisfy Boeing's rigorous quality, production, and testing requirements
● Drive flight hardware design from concept through prototyping, testing, and production
● Develop mechanical designs that balance structural, thermal, and manufacturing constraints
● Design and route printed circuit boards
● Design tools to assist production and evaluation
● Diagnose and resolve dozens of flight hardware discrepancies through root cause analysis and corrective actions
● Lead production support operations, coordinating engineers and dispositioning millions in flight hardware


Actions

● Worked with electrical and system engineers to design and integrate flight hardware
● Designed and routed PCBs
● Created multiple tools to increase production and evaluation efficiency
● Designed PCB chassis/mounts accounting for mass, thermal, and shock constraints
● Inspected large, $500,000 flight hardware units for build and quality defects
● Volunteered weekend hours to help an adjacent team integrate multiple PCBs on deadline
● Led tests and analyses of flight hardware
● Coordinated engineers and technicians to address production line issues as they arose
● Conducted in-depth, multi-hour reviews of millions of dollars' worth of flight hardware


Results

● Designed, tested, and supported production of flight hardware for a wide range of programs
● Created dozens of CAD models and engineering drawings
● Delivered dozens of production instructions
● Developed integration solutions to meet electrical, thermal, and spatial constraints
● Design printed circuit boards with over 25 layers and thousands of components
● Integrated multiple units of flight-ready hardware used in cutting edge aerospace projects
● Identified and dispositioned multiple flight hardware issues by diagnosing defects and recommending corrective actions
● Recognized by team lead for maintaining production schedule and quality under elevated demand