Manager, Avionics Engineering

Maxar Technologies • San Jose, CA

164d • $110,000 - $211,000

About The Position

Maxar Space is seeking a Manager of Avionics Engineering to join our team in San Jose, CA. This role may also be performed remotely within the U.S. In this role, you will report to the Avionics Subsystem Director and be responsible for leading an engineering team responsible for Avionics Unit Development, Command and Data Handling subsystem design, analysis, hardware procurement, and testing. You and your team will work alongside a skilled, cross-functional team and will have the ability to impact all phases of spacecraft design and build: working with Product Management and Mission Architecture teams to build out product roadmaps and develop new Avionics architectures for our various spacecraft platforms, working design implementations alongside Systems and Subsystem Engineering, powering on the spacecraft and collecting data for the first time in AIT, and finally, performing orbit raising activities as the fully built-up spacecraft is on its way to performing its mission. You are technical in nature. You are business savvy. You can build teams and develop people.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• A B.S. degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field. An M.S. degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years in aerospace or related field working electronics or electrical systems or product development for high reliability, space-based systems or for critical systems in fields such as automotive, transportation, or medical devices.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with the space environment and its effect on satellite systems.
• Exposure to both Radiation Hardened (Rad Hard) designs and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) designs.
• Experience with Analog, Digital, and Mixed-signal circuits.
• Knowledge of electronics design and electrical communication standards, such as RS-422/485, MIL-STD-1553, SpaceWire/Ethernet, CAN, SPI, I2C.
• Knowledge of common circuit blocks including filters, power supplies, and microcontrollers.
• Exposure to FPGA hardware implementation for flight applications in the aerospace industry.
• Knowledge of Design for excellence (DFX), root cause, derating, and related analyses.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere.
• Self-motivated problem solver, with strong communication, and documentation skills.
• Prior Command and Data Handling Experience, including sound knowledge of related physical components and their relationships within various systems.
• Experience supporting new business development/proposals, including estimating rough order of magnitude costs and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Lead your team: responsible for Avionics Unit development, Spacecraft Subsystem Command and Data Handling (C&DH) and flight harnesses.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert for Avionics: provide hands-on technical guidance to engineering team members through expertise in space-based electrical systems full-cycle design and test.
• Focus on your team: Mentor, train, develop, provide opportunities for your team members based on personal, professional and business needs.
• Ensure the highest quality: of all deliverables to stakeholders, like harness or unit manufacturing and other peer engineering groups like flight software.
• Foster a collaborative working environment: within your team as well as cross-functionally across the organization.
• Be a partner: with Supply Chain to pro-actively manage procurements, with Business Development / Mission Architecture to develop new architectures, and with Systems Engineering and AIT to ensure clean hand-offs.
• Continuously improve: Tease out product and/or process inefficiencies and make it better.
• Own your portfolio cost models and budget: proactively manage your budget, identify risks and opportunities to your work, and own your cost models to be used for new business proposals.
• Own your portfolio schedule: proactively manage to your schedule, and work alongside your peers to ensure stakeholder needs are met.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Health and welfare insurance
• 401(k) to eligible employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees