Flight Systems Architect - Spacecraft & Mission Design

InnoForge; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

InnoForge, in partnership with a US space technology company, is seeking a Chief Engineer to own the system architecture from concept through flight. You will align mission design, requirements, and subsystem integration across GNC, avionics, software, power, communications, structures, thermal and payloads.

You should have hands-on experience taking spacecraft or complex space systems from early architecture through build, qualification and flight, with autonomy in a small team and the ability

Qualifications

• Experience taking multiple spacecraft or complex space systems through the full development lifecycle.
• Deep understanding of system architecture, requirements and integration.
• Ability to challenge specialists across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Experience through major design and qualification reviews.
• Practical understanding of how hardware is built, tested and flown.
• Ability to operate with autonomy in an early-stage environment.

Responsibilities

• Technical architecture and major system-level design decisions.
• Mission planning and system requirements.
• Requirements flow-down, allocation, verification and validation.
• Integration across GNC, avionics, software, power, communications, structures, thermal and payloads.
• System trades across performance, mass, power, cost and technical risk.
• Technical readiness through PDR, CDR, TRR and qualification.
• Mission-level performance including pointing, power, data, lifetime and survivability.
• Environmental qualification including vibration, shock, TVAC, EMI and radiation.
• Technical oversight of suppliers and external spacecraft / subsystem partners.

Job description

InnoForge, in partnership with a US space technology company, is seeking a Chief Engineer to own the system architecture from concept through flight. You will align mission design, requirements, and subsystem integration across GNC, avionics, software, power, communications, structures, thermal and payloads.

You should have hands-on experience taking spacecraft or complex space systems from early architecture through build, qualification and flight, with autonomy in a small team and the ability