Staff Avionics Engineer (C&DH)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Organize, lead, and support development of Systems Engineering deliverables
• Define and decompose mission CONOPS into Avionics subsystem and component requirements
• Build and maintain tools to rapidly generate space‑vehicle technical budgets and analysis products
• Develop system, subsystem, and component verification and test plans
• Communicate technical information (analysis results, findings, trades) to peers, the Program Chief Engineer, program management, and customers
• Work with software developers to facilitate understanding of the system and component cabilities
• Participate in Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) as a subject matter expert in the compute systems
• Provide technical oversight of component/unit suppliers and support supply chain activities

Job requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Computer Science, Aerospace, Systems, or Electrical preferred)
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the Aerospace or Defense Industry, with at least 2 years of experience developing hardware and software systems
• Strong foundation for developing compute hardware and subsystem development lifecycle
• Strong understanding of spacecraft, subsystem behaviors, and associated dependencies
• Demonstrated ability to produce satellite budgets related to the compute system such as compute overhead, data throughput, data storage, etc
• Proficient with requirements management practices
• Experience developing systems engineering artifacts: Interface Control Documents, Internal block diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, state machines, etc.
• Experience coordinating with supply chain as a technical point of contact for hardware suppliers