Manager, Avionics Engineering

Lanteris Space LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health and welfare insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Lanteris Space LLC is seeking a senior engineering leader to oversee Spacecraft C&DH subsystem design, architecture, and data handling. You will coordinate with AIT and Systems Engineering to ensure clean hand-offs and robust hardware development across missions.

The role emphasizes team mentorship, cost and schedule ownership, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced aerospace environment. A BS or MS in a related field is required with extensive space hardware experience.

Qualifications

• Requires a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field; MS preferred.
• 8+ years in aerospace or related field with leadership experience on engineering/product teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead your team: responsible for Spacecraft Subsystem C&DH, design architectures, wirelists, and data buses.
• Mentor, train, develop your team and provide opportunities based on needs.
• Ensure the highest quality of deliverables to stakeholders.
• Foster a collaborative working environment within your team and across the organization.
• Be a partner, support stakeholders in new architectures and hardware development with Systems Engineering and AIT.
• Continuously improve product or process inefficiencies and optimize.
• Own portfolio cost models and budget, proactively managing risks and opportunities for proposals.
• Own portfolio schedule and coordinate with peers to meet stakeholder needs.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field

M.S. degree preferred

Tools

RS-422/485

MIL-STD-1553

SpaceWire

Ethernet

CAN

SPI

I2C

FPGA hardware

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead your team: responsible for Spacecraft Subsystem Command and Data Handling (C&DH). This includes working cross-functionally to design C&DH subsystem architecture, wirelists, command & telemetry databases, and data buses. Furthermore, working alongside Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) to resolve on-the-floor anomalies and supporting spacecraft launch and orbit raising operations.
• Focus on your team: Mentor, train, develop, provide opportunities for your team members based on personal, professional and business needs.
• Ensure the highest quality: of all deliverables to stakeholders.
• Foster a collaborative working environment: within your team as well as cross-functionally across the organization.
• Be a partner: Support Internal and external stakeholders in the development of new architectures and hardware and collaboration with Systems Engineering and AIT to ensure clean hand-offs.
• Continuously improve: Tease out product and/or process inefficiencies and make it better.
• Own your portfolio cost models and budget: you proactively manage your budget, identify risks and opportunities to your work, and own your cost models to be used for new business proposals.
• Own your portfolio schedule: you proactively manage to your schedule, and work alongside your peers to ensure stakeholder needs are met.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• A B.S. degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field. M.S. degree preferred.
• 8 years of experience in aerospace or related field working electronics or electrical systems or product development for high reliability, space-based systems or for critical systems in fields such as automotive, transportation, or medical device, including experience in managing and/or leading engineering/product teams or projects.
• Experience leading electrical engineering designs through the full lifecycle.
• Familiarity with the space environment and its effect on satellite systems.
• Exposure to both Radiation Hardened (Rad Hard) designs and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) designs will be great, which should position you to support growing our product lines across various space environment missions.
• Experience with Analog, Digital, and Mixed-signal circuits.
• Knowledge of electronics design and electrical communication standards, such as RS-422/485, MIL-STD-1553, SpaceWire/Ethernet, CAN, SPI, I2C.
• Knowledge of common circuit blocks including filters, power supplies, and microcontrollers.
• Exposure to FPGA hardware implementation for flight applications in the aerospace industry.
• Knowledge of Design for excellence (DFX), root cause, derating, and related analyses.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere.
• Amazing to have Prior Command and Data Handling Experience, including sound knowledge of related physical components and their relationships within various systems.
• Experience supporting new business development/proposals, including estimating rough order of magnitude costs and schedules.
• Self-motivated problem solver, with strong communication, and documentation skills.

Salary and Benefits

• The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $110,000.00 - $184,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position within New Jersey is: $110,000.00 - $184,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position within Delaware is: $110,000.00 - $184,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $122,000.00 - $203,000.00 annually.
• The base pay for this position within California is: $127,000.00 - $211,000.00 annually.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. More information on our benefits will be shared with candidates as they move forward in the recruitment process. Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

Lanteris Space Systems values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.