Staff Avionics Engineer (C&DH) at BlackSky Technology in Tukwila, WA

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Staff Avionics Engineer (C&DH) About Us: BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets, and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun. Avionics Engineers at BlackSky are the glue that ensures that all the components, subsystems, parts, hardware, software come together to produce best-in-class spacecraft. BlackSky is seeking a proven systems engineer to provide a key role in the definition, verification, assembly, and delivery of our industry-defining spacecraft. You will be involved throughout the engineering lifecycle, from creating and understanding mission needs through design, integration, test, and ultimately the operation of spacecraft in orbit. Success in the role requires daily collaboration with a diverse set of team members – mechanical, electrical, software, and test engineers, operators, and program managers. You will work in our Tukwila, WA office with a hybrid on-site schedule with significant flexibility for part-time remote work. Responsibilities: Organize, lead, and support development of Systems Engineering deliverables Define and decompose mission CONOPS into Avionics subsystem and component requirements Build and maintain tools to rapidly generate space‑vehicle technical budgets and analysis products Develop system, subsystem, and component verification and test plans Communicate technical information (analysis results, findings, trades) to peers, the Program Chief Engineer, program management, and customers Work with software developers to facilitate understanding of the system and component cabilities Participate in Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) as a subject matter expert in the compute systems Provide technical oversight of component/unit suppliers and support supply chain activities Build and refine automated tools for analyzing test, analysis, and other verification data at the component, subsystem, vehicle, and constellation levels. Other job-related duties as assigned Required Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Computer Science, Aerospace, Systems, or Electrical preferred) Minimum of 10 years of experience in the Aerospace or Defense Industry, with at least 2 years of experience developing hardware and software systems Strong foundation for developing compute hardware and subsystem development lifecycle Strong understanding of spacecraft, subsystem behaviors, and associated dependencies Demonstrated ability to produce satellite budgets related to the compute system such as compute overhead, data throughput, data storage, etc Proficient with requirements management practices Experience developing systems engineering artifacts: Interface Control Documents, Internal block diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, state machines, etc. Experience coordinating with supply chain as a technical point of contact for hardware suppliers Strong sense of ownership, innate sense of urgency, and bias toward eliminating waste and inefficiency Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated technical depth in high speed digital communications and compute systems Proficiency in developing and troubleshooting high speed hardware interfaces such 10G and 25G ethernet, PCIe, and various SerDes interfaces. Experience with requirements tracking tools (e.g. Jama, DOORS) Experience with Jir