Senior, Spacecraft Avionics Systems Engineer (Austin)

Firefly Senior Avionics Systems Engineer

As an end-to-end space transportation company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

Responsibilities

Own the entire process of designing the electrical architecture, testing and integrating avionics components onto the spacecraft. Support assembly, integration, and test (AIT), launch integration, and on-orbit operations. Intuitively understand the intention behind design decisions, and direct assembly and test operations based on those intentions. Write and execute vehicle assembly procedures and electrical system functional validation processes. Lead high-level, functional design and development of avionics systems for the current and future spacecraft. Develop design verification, qualification, and acceptance test plans, and coordinate with the other avionics and manufacturing engineers and technicians to execute. Recommend spacecraft function and reliability upgrades based on experience. Requirement writing and verification for spacecraft avionics.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
• 7+ years of experience working with aerospace component development, testing, integration, or operations
• 5+ years of experience in electrical engineering in both analog and digital circuit design, including usage of test equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, electronic loads, multimeters, and interpreting electrical schematics
• Experience performing trade studies and sensitivity studies to select the best architecture option
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with prototyping circuits and testing
• Requirement writing and verification
• Experience in technical writing, proper documentation, and SOP creations
• Candidate must have a proactive mentality with the ability to self-start
• Experience with Python
• Strong electrical troubleshooting experience with the ability to drive problems to root-cause and closure
• Lead and mentor the team responsible for the development of design concepts and architectures to support Firefly's current and future spacecraft
• Identify tasks and resources required to meet company objectives, and develop schedules for completion
• Outstanding leadership abilities with small teams, and the ability to clearly communicate with engineers and technicians

Desired

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options. To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.