[Remote] Manager, Avionics Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lanteris Space is seeking a Manager of Avionics Engineering to join its team. The role leads an engineering team responsible for avionics unit development, Command and Data Handling subsystem design, analysis, hardware procurement, and testing across spacecraft design and build phases.

Responsibilities

• Lead your team: responsible for Spacecraft Subsystem Command and Data Handling (C&DH). This includes working cross-functionally to design C&DH subsystem architecture, wirelists, command & telemetry databases, and data buses. Furthermore, working alongside Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) to resolve on-the-floor anomalies and supporting spacecraft launch and orbit raising operations
• 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
• Foster a collaborative working environment: within your team as well as cross-functionally across the organization
• Be a partner: Support Internal and external stakeholders in the development of new architectures and hardware and collaboration 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: you 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: you proactively manage to your schedule, and work alongside your peers to ensure stakeholder needs are met

Skills

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• A B.S. degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field
• 8 years of experience 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 device, including experience in managing and/or leading engineering/product teams or projects
• Experience leading electrical engineering designs through the full lifecycle
• Familiarity with the space environment and its effect on satellite systems
• 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
• M.S. degree preferred
• Exposure to both Radiation Hardened (Rad Hard) designs and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) designs will be great, which should position you to support growing our product lines across various space environment missions
• 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
• Self-motivated problem solver, with strong communication, and documentation skills

Benefits

• Paid time off for eligible employees
• Health and welfare insurance for eligible employees
• 401(k) for eligible employees
• This position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.
• This role may also be performed remotely within the U.S.

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