Spacecraft Flight Hardware

Electromechanical Design, Production Support, and Testing

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
● Own electromechanical hardware design from concept through prototyping, testing, and production
● Design and route multilayer PCBs for flight electronics
● Lead assembly-line production support of high-reliability spaceflight hardware


Actions

● Design mechanical systems balancing load paths, stiffness, tolerances, thermals, and vibration
● Create and release detailed CAD models, assemblies, drawings, and tolerance stackups using GD&T and DFM
● Design PCB chassis and mounts accounting for mass, thermal, and shock constraints
● Design PCBs with over 25 layers, high-speed signal routing, and thousands of densely packed components
● Integrate electronics, wire harnesses, and sensors into compact enclosures, managing packaging and cable routing
● Work with electrical and system engineers to design and integrate flight hardware
● Conduct vibration testing and failure analysis of flight units
● Author work instructions, assembly procedures, and inspection plans for flight-hardware production
● Coordinate with external fabrication vendors, resolving producibility, quality, and deviation issues
● Design tools to assist production and evaluation
● Coordinate engineers and technicians to address production-line issues as they arise
● Inspect large ($500K) flight hardware units for build and quality defects


Results

● Designed the mechanical and electrical hardware for a new spacecraft control unit
● Supported flight hardware now operating in orbit
● Released dozens of CAD models, drawings, and production instructions
● Integrated multiple units of flight-ready hardware
● Diagnosed and resolved dozens of flight hardware discrepancies through root cause analysis and corrective actions
● Dispositioned millions of dollars in flight hardware, coordinating manufacturing teams to resolve nonconformances
● Recognized by team lead for maintaining production schedule and quality under elevated demand
● Volunteered weekend hours to help an adjacent team integrate multiple PCBs on deadline