Lunar Avionics Architect — Flight Systems Lead

Vast; City of Long Beach (NY); In loco; USD 147.000 - 249.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Company equity

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous paid time off

Onsite meals and snacks

Descrizione del lavoro

Vast in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior Avionics Engineer to own flight avionics architecture for the Lunar Program. The role reports to the Senior Vice President, Lunar Programs and requires serving as the Responsible Engineer for avionics hardware from design through flight.

You will define architecture, drive interfaces, and lead design reviews while shaping the team as the program scales in a fast-paced, space-grade environment.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• 6+ years designing and testing avionics or aerospace hardware.
• Experience as Responsible Engineer on spaceflight avionics.

Mansioni

• Serve as Responsible Engineer for avionics subsystems and components, owning requirements, design, analysis, build, test, and flight readiness.
• Define and develop avionics architecture for lunar vehicles and systems, including flight computers, power distribution, data handling, communications, sensors, and harnessing.
• Design and develop flight electronics, including schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, component selection, and box-level design, with attention to radiation, thermal, and environmental constraints beyond LEO.
• Write and manage avionics requirements and interface control documents, and work closely with GNC, flight software, propulsion, power, thermal, and structures teams to close interfaces.
• Lead design reviews (CoDR, PDR, CDR) and present technical trades, analyses, and risks to program and engineering leadership.
• Plan and execute development, qualification, and acceptance test campaigns for avionics hardware, including functional, EMI/EMC, random vibration, shock, thermal cycling, and TVAC testing.
• Build and maintain avionics test benches, hardware-in-the-loop setups, and ground support equipment for checkout and integration.
• Support integration of avionics into vehicle-level systems, and troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and interface issues through integrated testing.
• Partner with suppliers on procurement, design reviews, and acceptance of avionics components and assemblies.
• Drive reliability, parts selection, derating, and failure analysis practices, and own corrective actions on non-conformances.
• Help scope and grow the Lunar avionics team, mentoring engineers and technicians as new hires join.

Conoscenze

Responsible Engineer

Embedded systems

Flight computers

Power electronics

Data bus architectures

Radiation design

Schematic capture

PCB design (Altium)

EMI/EMC testing

Python / C/C++ / MATLAB

Team leadership

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Strumenti

Altium

Descrizione del lavoro

Vast in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior Avionics Engineer to own flight avionics architecture for the Lunar Program. The role reports to the Senior Vice President, Lunar Programs and requires serving as the Responsible Engineer for avionics hardware from design through flight.

You will define architecture, drive interfaces, and lead design reviews while shaping the team as the program scales in a fast-paced, space-grade environment.