<div dir="ltr"><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:500;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-weight:400">The HAO is looking for an experienced Cubesat spacecraft and payload Engineer II/III. If interested, please apply through <a href="https://ucar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UCAR_Careers/job/Center-Green-1/Cubesat-Spacecraft-and-Payload-Systems-Engineer-II-III_REQ-2021-423-1">this link. </a></span>
<span style="font-weight:400">Location: Boulder (Hybrid in office/remote).</span><br style="font-weight:400"><br style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400">Type: Full time, exempt.</span><br style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400">Position Term: Four-year term.</span><br style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400">Application Deadline: This position will be posted until Wednesday, February 2nd.</span><br style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400">Relocation: No relocation assistance is available for this position.</span><br style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400">Work Authorization: UCAR/NCAR will not sponsor a work visa to fill this position.</span><br style="font-weight:400"><br style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400">Salary:</span><br style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400">Level II Hiring Range $69,881 - $87,352 </span><br style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400"> Full Salary Range $69,881 - $113,559</span><br style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400">Level III </span><br style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400"> Hiring Range $86,816 - $108,519 </span><br style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400"> Full Salary Range $86,816 - $141,075</span>
</span></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:500;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">What You Will Do:</span></h2><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">You will lead our team's systems engineering efforts for the WindCube program. It is a 4 year program with ~3 years baselined for payload development, spacecraft procurement and integration and verification activities) followed by ~12 months of on-orbit mission operations to measure thermospheric winds. Systems Engineering is a discipline that concentrates on the design and application of the whole (system) as distinct from the parts. It involves looking at a problem in its entirety, taking into account all the technical requirements, interfaces, trades, system modeling and cross-disciplinary variables and technical challenges. </span></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">The ideal candidate will have domain expertise within one or more traditional engineering disciplines (e.g. aerospace, electrical, opto-mechanical or software) in addition to having specific experience relevant to developing space qualified hardware and within NASA Cubesat programs (e.g. NPR 7123.1, GFSC-STD-7000 (GEVS), <span class="gmail-WOM2" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;word-break:break-all;display:inline;text-decoration:inherit">etc.) </span></span></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">As a member of HAO’s Instrumentation Group, in addition to your main role, you will also support systems engineering functions within other instrumental programs supporting research within the solar-terrestrial geospace environment. These include existing efforts in developing space-qualified hardware, the design of telescopes coronagraphs, spectro-polarimeters and even observatory scale design projects. We are a small team of ~7 engineers who support an equivalent number of instrument scientists throughout the HAO so you will wear many hats in a dynamic and fast paced environment.</span></p><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Responsibilities:</span> </p><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">Engineer II</p><ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Work in collaboration with scientists, engineers, project managers, customers, vendors, end users and other stakeholders to identify, develop, and translate science goals and requirements into system requirements and specifications </li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Work with scientists and other stakeholders to perform cost-benefit analysis between science goals and program cost</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Collaboratively synthesize top level system design concepts and architectures, perform trade studies and optimize the designs to meet goals and requirements and within budget</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Perform system level validation of instruments and verification to ensure instruments meet requirements</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Perform risk identification, characterization, and mitigation efforts.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Perform life cycle engineering studies and analysis</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Verify the integrity of analyses performed by other engineers</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Use advanced mathematical and statistical techniques to define and understand telescope and instrumental performance as well as analyzing uncertainties and risk</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Support efforts in technical requirements definition and tracking, system error budgets, and interface control documents (ICDs)</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Support project management and other team members to ensure systems engineering tasks are completed in a timely manner</li></ul><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">Engineer III</p><ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Work independently with scientists, engineers, project managers, customers, vendors, end users and other stakeholders to identify, develop, and translate science goals and requirements into system requirements and specifications </li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Work independently with scientists and other stakeholders to perform cost-benefit analysis between science goals and program cost</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Independently synthesize top level system design concepts and architectures, perform trade studies and optimize the designs to meet goals and requirements and within budget</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Perform system level validation of instruments and verification to ensure instruments meet requirements</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Perform risk identification, characterization, and mitigation efforts.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Perform life cycle engineering studies and analysis</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Verify the integrity of analyses performed by other engineers</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Use advanced mathematical and statistical techniques to define and understand telescope and instrumental performance as well as analyzing uncertainties and risk</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Overall leadership of efforts in technical requirements definition and tracking, system error budgets, and interface control documents (ICDs)</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Support project management and other team members to ensure systems engineering tasks are completed in a timely manner</li></ul><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">ASSEMBLY, INTEGRATION AND TEST ENGINEERING</u></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">Equivalent for both Engineer II and III</p><ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Develop and document detailed test plans and procedures based on engineering specifications and requirements verification and validation compliance matrices</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Develop specific payload test plans tailored to GFSC-STD-7000 (GEVS) </li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Oversee and occasionally conduct testing efforts</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Write test reports to document instrument performance</li></ul><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">OPTICAL DESIGN</u></p><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">Engineer II</p><ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Use Zemax while working with vendors to develop achievable and cost effective optical fabrication tolerances, and update models as needed to document as built configurations</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Lead efforts to procure and produce hardware via drawings, interfacing with purchasing and Contracts departments and interfacing with Design and Fabrication Services</li></ul><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">Engineer III</p><ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Use Zemax and FRED while working with vendors to develop achievable and cost effective optical fabrication tolerances, and update models as needed to document as built configurations</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Lead efforts to procure and produce hardware via drawings, interfacing with purchasing and Contracts departments and interfacing with Design and Fabrication Services</li></ul><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:500;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:500;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">What You Will Need:</span></h2><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">Education And Years of Experience</p><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">REQUIRED</p><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">Engineer II</p><ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Bachelor's degree in engineering or physics and at least three years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree in engineering or physics and at least one year of experience; or a Ph.D. degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Experience should be in cubesat engineering and developing space qualified hardware.</li></ul><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">Engineer III</p><ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Bachelor's degree in engineering or physics and at least six years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree in engineering or physics and at least four years of experience; or a Ph.D. degree and at least two years of experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Experience should be in leading cubesat engineering projects and in developing space qualified hardware.</li></ul><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-WOM2" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;word-break:break-all;display:inline;text-decoration:inherit">Knowledge/Skills/Abilities</span></span></p><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">REQUIRED</p><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">Engineer II</p><ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Experience with CubeSat spacecraft bus specification and procurement</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Demonstrated systems engineering knowledge and experience with all of the following:<ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px 15px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Requirements generation and flow down</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Interface definition</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Ability to create top down and bottoms up error budgets</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">End to end performance modeling</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Trade studies bounded by cost constraints</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Quantitative risk analysis, configuration control, change control boards, acceptance testing</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Reliability, maintainability, life-cycle costs</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Statistical approaches to telescope performance modeling</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Contingency planning</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Developing Integration, Test and Verification plans</li></ul></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Broad optical-mechanical design background including some experience with spaceflight hardware</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Knowledge of instrument alignment methodology, and developing alignment fixturing & tooling</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Strong ability to articulate technical problems and formulate alternative solutions to engineering problems.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Extensive practical hands-on laboratory experience using and working with optical tools and systems</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Basic understanding of a wide range of current engineering technologies including one or more of the following: software, electrical and mechanical disciplines</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Demonstrated ability to work as an effective member of a team of scientists and engineers, and an advanced capability to conduct engineering instrumentation design working in an independent manner as necessary.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Excellent written and oral communication skills, with a proven ability to communicate effectively with PI’s, scientific staff and fellow engineers, and proven ability in writing scientific instrumentation proposals, and in successfully publishing engineering results</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">An ability to anticipate and define long-term impacts of design decisions, and the knowledge and skills to mitigate such impacts.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Knowledge of design and testing for complex new systems that integrate into larger systems.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Ability and willingness to travel for project deployments, as necessary.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Basic knowledge of optical design tools like Zemax.</li></ul><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">Engineer III</p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">In addition to the Engineer II KSAs:</i></p><ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Experience using tools like Zemax and FRED</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Knowledge of structural, thermal, optical performance analysis techniques</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Knowledge of system level optical design</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Experience with NPR 7123.1</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Extensive understanding of a wide range of current engineering technologies including one or more of the following: software, electrical and mechanical disciplines</li></ul><p dir="DEFAULT" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"></p><h2 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This statement should address past efforts, as well as future vision and plans to advocate for and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the organization and/or field of work.</span> </span></p></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc"><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">A pre-employment screening is conducted in conjunction with an offer for employment. This screening may involve verifying or reviewing any of the following relevant information: restricted parties screening, employment verification, performance records of internal candidates, education verification, reference checks, verification of professional licenses, certifications, and Motor Vehicle Records. UCAR complies with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). </span></p></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc"><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Please note that while the position description details both minimum requirements as well as desired skills and experience, we want to remind applicants that you do not need to have all the desired skills and experience to be considered for this role. If you have the passion for the work along with experience in a related field, you are encouraged to apply. We can provide on-the-job training for the rest.</p></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc"><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">For more information about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, h</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">ere is the link to the<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategic Plan opens new window" target="_blank" href="https://www.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/documents/related-links/2020-12/ODEI_StrategicPlan_Final.pdf" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategic Plan</a><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </span>and to the<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="ODEI landing page opens new window" target="_blank" href="https://www.ucar.edu/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">ODEI landing page</a><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p></li></ul><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Al Zioba, PHR</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Recruiter - Human Resources<br></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=1938ea80fc&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f%3A1688623210562738721&th=176f31dd01125a21&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-t4d4Cx6N-dW2s1Ai4sHNgxSDL5dk1_MNLIwn2ayloGzIju2lB2aS-NXXpceLNf3DttY6fwsmt0hUNP4NsvXBapg3Mbcq0jXSpcfxL77OlfYqC_vupKLkUROM&disp=emb&realattid=ii_kffwujs50" alt="Email Signature_ncarucar-Office of the CHRO-logo-gray-sm.jpg"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:small;line-height:13.91px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#073763">Universit</font></font></span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:13.91px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#073763">y C</font></font></span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:13.91px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#073763">orporation for Atmospheric Research</font><span style="font-size:7.5pt"> </span></font></span><br></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#073763" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1">alzioba<a href="mailto:rschalha@ucar.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">@ucar.edu</a></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">(303)497-8575</p></div></div></div>