Lead Hardware Systems Architect – Real-Time RF & GNSS

University of Texas; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 104,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Texas at Austin's Space and Geophysics Laboratory seeks a hardware systems architect to lead the design of mission-critical hardware systems and to oversee ongoing evolution and updates. You will guide requirements, decompose systems into actionable work units, and advise stakeholders through the life cycle.

The role emphasizes design and architecture with limited field travel, working within the Applied Research Laboratories at Pickle Research Campus to integrate COTS and custom

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, applied science, or engineering.
• Three years of relevant professional work experience.
• Experience integrating hardware systems into racks, RF distribution/switching, or FPGA/digitizer-based data acquisition.
• Experience designing hardware systems for fault tolerance and high availability across multiple nodes/sites.
• Experience designing/maintaining hardware APIs and interfaces (register maps, memory-mapped or streaming interfaces).
• Ability to design, develop, evaluate and support large, complex systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Elicit system scope and requirements from stakeholders for designs.
• Lead hardware systems architecture and design, managing ongoing evolution/updates.
• Communicate work processes, products, and results to stakeholders.

Skills

Hardware integration

System architecture

APIs/interfaces design

Fault tolerance / high availability

Communication skills

Mentoring

Security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in science, engineering

Post-graduate degree in systems engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

MBSE (Structurizr)

Job description

University of Texas at Austin's Space and Geophysics Laboratory seeks a hardware systems architect to lead the design of mission-critical hardware systems and to oversee ongoing evolution and updates. You will guide requirements, decompose systems into actionable work units, and advise stakeholders through the life cycle.

The role emphasizes design and architecture with limited field travel, working within the Applied Research Laboratories at Pickle Research Campus to integrate COTS and custom