Senior Avionics Systems Engineer - Millennium Space Systems

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Architect C&DH subsystem architectures that drive system-level design decisions and ensure alignment with mission objectives, constraints, and fault management requirements
• Lead the selection and trade analysis of avionics architectures to balance mission requirements with performance, power, mass, and cost
• Drive the definition of requirements, interface control documents, and verification activities
• Direct high-fidelity analyses for data budgets, signal integrity, clock drift, jitter, and EMI/EMC compatibility to guarantee design margins and reliability
• Own vendor selection and trade studies, producing make/buy recommendations that balance technical risk, schedule, cost, and long-term lifecycle support
• Lead the identification and resolution of complex technical issues related to avionics and electrical hardware throughout the design, integration, and testing phases
• Collaborate on Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery (FDIR) strategies, ensuring architectures are resilient and providing technical expertise for mission operations and system health assessment
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers to foster technical excellence and scale the group's engineering capabilities

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, or a related discipline and 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• 9+ years of experience with spacecraft communication protocols such as SpaceWire, Ethernet, RS-422/485, LVDS
• 7+ years of experience in the design, analysis, and integration of spacecraft electrical hardware or complex avionics systems
• This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. A final U.S. Security Clearance Post-Start is required
• Level 5: 14 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• Experience as a Responsible Engineering Authority (REA) or Lead Engineer on complex space programs
• Deep familiarity with industry standards and DoD/government cybersecurity implementation for space assets
• Experience in high-rate manufacturing environments