Avionics Communication Systems Engineer

job summary:
Seeking an Avionics Communication Systems Engineer for a high growth space engineering contractor in the Cypress, CA area.

The Avionics Communications Systems Engineer would be responsible for designing, configuring, and integrating SpaceWire protocol interfaces on Microchip PolarFire and Lattice FPGA architectures to manage high-speed spacecraft telemetry and data distribution.

Full W-2 benefits! 9/80 schedule flexibility!

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location: Cypress, California
job type: Contract
salary: $75 - 100 per hour
work hours: 8am to 4pm
education: Bachelors

responsibilities:

• Design, configure, and integrate SpaceWire protocol interfaces on Microchip PolarFire and Lattice FPGA architectures to manage high-speed spacecraft telemetry and data distribution.

• Develop low-level embedded software, board support packages (BSP), and drivers using FreeRTOS, LwIP , or Bare-metal C/C++ environments.

• Configure Gigabit Ethernet communications (1000BaseX ) to enable rapid data throughput between payload processors, command modules, and sub-systems.

• Perform on-site hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) integration, testing, and debugging using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and protocol analyzers in a lab environment.

• Validate real-time protocol handling, packet processing, and memory management between the custom FPGA fabric and embedded processor cores.

• Diagnose and resolve low-level firmware bottlenecks, timing violations, and network communication errors.

• Collaborate with hardware, systems, and software engineering teams to align data transport requirements with space mission constraints.

• Write technical documentation, interface control documents (ICDs), and test plans for system verification.

qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Minimum 3 years of experience
• Education: Bachelors (required)

 
skills:

• Embedded
• Project Management
• Firmware
• C
• C++
• Data Analysis
• Systems Analysis
• FPGA
• Ethernet
  
  
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