Avionics System Engineer (Flight Computer System)

Here at The Exploration Company, we are building spacecrafts for humanity. Here at The Exploration Company we are developing, producing, and operating Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle that can eventually be refueled in orbit, and which carries cargo - and potentially humans in the longer run. We are looking for an Avionics Systems Engineer (Flight Computer System) to support the design, development, integration, and validation of spacecraft avionics systems. The role entails delivering robust and reliable electronic systems for data handling, communications, and control across all mission phases. The engineer will contribute to system architecture definition, interface management, verification activities, and requirements engineering, while working closely with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders. In this role, you will be focused on the Flight Computing system of the spacecraft, but you might also be assigned to different avionics systems.

System Design & Architecture

Define and develop avionics system architectures , including electronics, data handling, and communication functions. Ensure end-to-end consistency of data flows, interfaces, and system-level requirements . Contribute to spacecraft-level trade-offs between performance, reliability, mass, power, and cost. Define computing requirements for processing capability, memory, storage, timing, synchronization, boot and initialization, and operational modes. Develop architectural concepts for fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR), fault containment, redundancy management, and autonomous spacecraft operations. Develop network topology, interface control documents (ICDs), data flow diagrams, communication matrices, and interface specifications.