Senior Spacecraft C&DH Systems Architect

Boeing; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, seeks a Senior Spacecraft C&DH Engineer to lead critical avionics architecture work for space missions. You will drive system-level design decisions, oversee requirements, interfaces, verification, and trade analyses to balance performance, mass, power, and cost.

In this role you will mentor junior engineers, collaborate on FDIR strategies, and coordinate with customers and internal stakeholders. The position requires U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years related experience.
• 9+ years experience with SpaceWire, Ethernet, RS-422/485, LVDS.
• 7+ years in design, analysis, integration of spacecraft electrical hardware or avionics systems.
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Architect C&DH subsystem architectures driving system-level design decisions.
• Lead selection and trade analysis of avionics architectures balancing mission requirements with performance, power, mass, and cost.
• Define requirements, interface control documents, and verification activities.
• Perform high-fidelity analyses for data budgets, signal integrity, clock drift, jitter, and EMI/EMC to ensure margins.

Skills

Spacecraft communication protocols

C&DH architectures

Avionics systems

UMD/requirements verification

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, or related discipline

Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in a relevant engineering field

Job description

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, seeks a Senior Spacecraft C&DH Engineer to lead critical avionics architecture work for space missions. You will drive system-level design decisions, oversee requirements, interfaces, verification, and trade analyses to balance performance, mass, power, and cost.

In this role you will mentor junior engineers, collaborate on FDIR strategies, and coordinate with customers and internal stakeholders. The position requires U.S.