Senior Advanced Systems Engineer

Moog•Gilbert, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Moog is seeking a Senior Advanced Systems Engineer to serve as the technical lead and customer point of contact for custom spacecraft avionics projects at its Gilbert, Arizona facility. The work spans architecture definition, design and development, component procurement, manufacturing, unit and environmental testing, and product requirement verification. The engineer coordinates electrical, mechanical, FPGA, software, test, technician, and specialist contributors across project teams. Working jointly with program management, this role shares responsibility for meeting project cost and schedule targets. The engineer facilitates collaboration among program management, quality, and operations, ensures product development follows Moog’s phase-gate process, and manages stakeholder requirements through product delivery. This includes interpreting and deriving requirements, coordinating verification, and ensuring that products meet customer needs. The role also supports proposals, conceptual design and analysis, technical documentation, test activities, and production troubleshooting. It requires onsite work and serving as the primary point of contact during product testing campaigns. The position reports to the Lead System Engineering Manager.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering; a Master of Science is preferred.
At least 5 years of experience in electronic systems, leading EE PCBA design (schematic/layout) and/or embedded microprocessor, FPGA, or ASIC design.
Proven project engineering track record leading, coordinating, and facilitating technical contributors during product development execution.
Experience leading cross-functional project teams and managing cost, schedule, risk, and technical execution for product design and development, including prototyping and manufacturing phases.
Experience authoring, managing, deriving, and verifying requirements for complex electronics systems.
High proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
Self-starting approach and a strong sense of project ownership.
Ability to work independently with a strong technical foundation and proactively identify and resolve technical challenges.
Demonstrated ability to communicate fluently with internal and external customers and serve as a project technical focal point.
Confident public speaking ability.
Deep understanding of computer architecture and digital interface technologies.
Ability to work onsite.

Nice To Haves

Direct user experience with a requirements management database such as IBM Rational DOORS, JAMA Connect, or Siemens Polarion.
Experience designing or specifying space-based, radiation-hardened electronic components.

Responsibilities

Serve as lead responsible engineer and technical point of contact for customers on the design, development, and production of custom space electronics.
Lead cross-functional and cross-site engineering teams on development, qualification, and production programs.
Manage project budget, schedule, risk, and technical execution; actively manage scope creep.
Manage internal and external stakeholder product requirements throughout development, deriving design and test requirements as needed.
Collaborate with designers to validate conceptual solutions through trade studies and analyses.
Allocate product requirements to functional disciplines and coordinate verification activities to ensure requirements are verified and documented.
Support bids and proposals by defining scope and schedules, assessing technical compliance, generating technical volumes, and providing engineering cost estimates.
Contribute to conceptual design and analysis for spacecraft computing, power transfer, and command and data handling electronics.
Author and review engineering analyses and reports.
Ensure project data deliverables meet customer specifications and are delivered on time.
Author test procedures and assist with design verification and production hardware testing.
Read and understand printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) schematics.
Use laboratory measurement equipment to diagnose and troubleshoot electronic failures to the discrete component or integrated circuit level.
Resolve manufacturing and testing non-conformances, including leading Failure Review Board meetings and championing Root Cause and Corrective Action efforts.
Work onsite and serve as the primary point of contact during product testing campaigns.