Chief Advanced Concept Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead the initial phase of concept development for spacecraft software-defined missions, including sensor and bus processing, red and black network routing, data storage alternatives, and reconfigurable digital architectures.

• Collaborate with customers to identify unmet mission requirements and convert them into new business ventures.

• Recognize market opportunities and advocate for internally generated concepts that expedite new product launches.

• Influence internal product and technology development roadmaps.

• Produce architectures, feasibility studies, technical white papers, and proposals that support capture initiatives.

• Reduce Size, Weight, and Power while enhancing capability and cost-effectiveness.

• Work alongside Business Development to create innovative technical differentiators.

• Act as a technology ambassador during customer meetings, industry events, and internal strategy discussions.

• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to convert concepts into viable, profitable programs.

• Keep track of competitors, emerging technologies, and market developments.

• Research commercial off-the-shelf technologies and envision adaptations or enhancements for space missions.

• Provide support for travel or off-site work as necessary.

• Execute other assigned responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

• Over 15 years of relevant experience, or 13 years with a graduate degree.

• At least 9 years in advanced concept engineering, system design, or technology innovation for space systems.

• Proven experience in delivering radiation-mitigated and fault-tolerant software-defined or reconfigurable processing architectures.

• Familiarity with thermal and vacuum management, including knowledge of outgassing and zero-gravity thermal dissipation effects.

• Capability to independently initiate and lead technical concepts from inception to customer approval.

• Excellent communication skills, encompassing technical storytelling, opportunity framing, and roadmap formulation.

• Experience in establishing technical baselines for capture initiatives and/or leading proposal technical volumes.

• Willingness to travel up to 25% or more.

• Preferred: Master’s or PhD in a relevant engineering discipline.

• Preferred: Experience with rad-hard processors, FPGA architectures, GPUs, or SDRs.

• Preferred: Knowledge in cybersecurity, including secure boot, cryptography, and hardened operating systems.

• Understanding of space transport layer networking/routing protocols such as SIPE, HAIPE, DTN, and Nebula.

• Expertise in data storage and compression trade-offs, including NAND Flash, MRAM, and ReRAM for long-term data integrity.

• Experience in DoD/IC space missions with eligibility for TS/SCI clearance.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health benefits.

• Medical coverage.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision care.

• Basic life insurance with AD&D.

• Short-term disability coverage.

• Long-term disability coverage.

• Additional benefits: voluntary life insurance with AD&D, accident insurance, critical illness coverage, hospital coverage, and pet insurance.

• Spending accounts: HSA, FSA, and DCFSA.

• Paid time off.

• Holidays.

• 401(k) plan with company matching.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Leave options: parental, maternity, and military leaves.

• Annual discretionary bonus for eligible positions.