Manager, Avionics Engineering

Intuitive Machines, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 127,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Lanteris Space Systems in San Jose, CA is hiring a Manager of Avionics Engineering to lead the Avionics Unit Development and C&DH design. The role includes guiding an engineering team, coordinating with AIT, and shaping architecture for multiple spacecraft platforms.

You will drive product roadmaps, oversee hardware procurement, testing, and orbit-raising activities, and help grow capabilities across missions.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field; M.S. preferred.
• 8 years in aerospace electronics or high-reliability space systems.
• Experience leading engineering teams or projects.
• Experience leading electrical engineering designs through full lifecycle.
• Familiarity with space environment and radiation-hardened vs COTS designs.
• FPGA hardware implementation for flight applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead Spacecraft C&DH subsystem design and architecture.
• Mentor, train, and develop team members.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering and AIT for clean hand-offs.
• Own portfolio cost models and budgets; manage schedule.
• Support internal and external stakeholders on architectures and hardware.
• Drive continuous improvement of product and processes.

Skills

C&DH design

Team leadership

Aerospace electronics

Spaceflight interfaces

FPGA for flight

Radiation-hardened design

Electrical engineering

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field

M.S. preferred

Tools

VHDL/Verilog

FPGA design tools

Space-grade CAD tools

Job description

Please review the job details below.

Lanteris Space is seeking a Manager of Avionics Engineering to join our team in San Jose CA. This role may also be performed remotely within the U.S. this role, you will report to the Avionics Subsystem Senior Manager and be responsible for leading an engineering team responsible for Avionics Unit Development, Command and Data Handling subsystem design, analysis, hardware procurement, and testing. You and your team will work alongside a highly cross-functional team and will have the ability to impact all phases of spacecraft design and build: working to build out product roadmaps and develop new Avionics architectures for our various spacecraft platforms, implementation of designs with Systems and Subsystem Engineering, powering on the spacecraft and collecting data for the first time in AIT, and finally, performing orbit raising activities as the fully built-up spacecraft is on its way to performing its mission.

You are technical in nature. You are business savvy. You can build teams and develop people.

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
  

In support of pay transparency at Lanteris Space Systems, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

• 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.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

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.

The date of posting can be found on the Lanteris Space Systems Career page at the top of each job posting.

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.