About this role

Lead end-to-end spacecraft avionics architecture definition
Define system decomposition and interface strategy across on-board computers and payloads
Architect high-speed networking payloads, backplanes, and system boot/recovery concepts
Design robust Failure Detection, Isolation, and Recovery strategies, including safe-mode behavior and watchdog concepts
Document and maintain the technical baseline, including architecture diagrams and design justifications
Perform engineering analyses related to radiation tolerance, EMI/EMC, signal integrity, and power distribution
Collaborate with networking, GNC, RF, software, FPGA, and mechanical engineering teams
Support technical decision-making across architecture trade-offs and system constraints

Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or equivalent
10+ years of experience in spacecraft avionics, high-speed digital electronics, or complex embedded hardware systems
Proven experience architecting distributed systems using processors, FPGAs/SoCs, and high-speed interfaces
Expertise with ATOP and MOIS
Expertise with EGS-CC operations procedure language / EAPL
Knowledge of ECSS PUS
Knowledge of ECSS-E-ST-70 guidance

Space Avionics Systems Architect

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