Senior Avionics Engineer - C&DH for Spacecraft

Associates Systems LLC; Titusville (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Associates Systems LLC at Kennedy Space Center in Florida is seeking an experienced Avionics Engineer (C&DH) to support analysis, integration, and verification of flight avionics and C&DH subsystems for spacecraft and other flight systems.

The role bridges flight hardware with embedded software interfaces across flight computers, data buses, sensor and actuator interfaces, communications, telemetry, and power and thermal systems throughout the spacecraft lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of professional engineering experience with spacecraft avionics, embedded electronics, C&DH systems, flight computers, or related flight systems.
• Strong understanding of microcontrollers and microprocessors (e.g., ARM, RISC-V, LEON/SPARC, PowerPC), FPGA interfacing, and digital/analog circuit design.
• Experience with spacecraft data buses, command and telemetry systems, avionics interfaces, or flight computer architectures.
• Experience developing, reviewing, or executing verification and validation activities for flight avionics or C&DH systems.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, evaluate, and verify avionics and C&DH architectures, including SBCs, payload controllers, PDU, and mass memory storage.
• Validate spacecraft communication buses and telemetry and command protocols.
• Review and assess avionics and C&DH requirements, verification methods, and verification evidence.
• Evaluate flight avionics designs, interfaces, schematics, documentation, and test results for performance and risk.
• Analyze interfaces between C&DH and other spacecraft subsystems, including power, thermal, GNC, propulsion, payloads, and flight software.
• Support integration, functional, qualification, and acceptance testing of flight avionics and C&DH hardware and software.
• Evaluate test results and correlate analytical or simulation results with hardware and system performance.
• Participate in anomaly and failure investigations, including root-cause and corrective actions.
• Communicate findings and risks to engineering and program leadership.
• Support mission preparation and operations activities involving C&DH systems.

Skills

Microcontrollers

FPGA Design

Embedded systems

Spacecraft data buses

Education

Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

DOORS

Jama

Git

Job description

Associates Systems LLC at Kennedy Space Center in Florida is seeking an experienced Avionics Engineer (C&DH) to support analysis, integration, and verification of flight avionics and C&DH subsystems for spacecraft and other flight systems.

The role bridges flight hardware with embedded software interfaces across flight computers, data buses, sensor and actuator interfaces, communications, telemetry, and power and thermal systems throughout the spacecraft lifecycle.