Senior Autonomy Engineer — Satellite FDIR & Onboard Autonomy

Digitailor; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, is seeking an Autonomy Engineer (Mid Career) to advance onboard fault management and autonomous operations for national security satellites. You will define architectures for fault detection, isolation, and response, and own validation across the program lifecycle.

The role requires leading architecture development, coordinating with software, hardware, and mission operations teams, and ensuring mission safety and performance aboard spacecraft.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering and 5+ years experience in satellite design and/or operation.
• Familiarity with satellite subsystems and system-level analysis.
• Experience in design, development, and verification of spacecraft FDIR.

Responsibilities

• Lead fault and autonomy requirements definition, verification, and validation.
• Define satellite/constellation states, modes, transitions, and autonomous behaviors.
• Contribute to architecture concepts, CONOPS, and technology trade studies.
• Design and validate onboard fault detection, isolation, and responses; end-to-end validation.
• Support on-console operations for on-orbit missions.

Skills

FDIR expertise

Autonomy architecture

Mission operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, is seeking an Autonomy Engineer (Mid Career) to advance onboard fault management and autonomous operations for national security satellites. You will define architectures for fault detection, isolation, and response, and own validation across the program lifecycle.

The role requires leading architecture development, coordinating with software, hardware, and mission operations teams, and ensuring mission safety and performance aboard spacecraft.