Spacecraft Avionics Manager

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Position Purpose: The purpose of this position is to create, maintain, and execute plans for Spacecraft  Command and Data Handling (CDH) and Electrical Power Subsystem (EPS) avionics, used by the Spacecraft Product Line.  The Spacecraft Avionics Manager will provide leadership and supervision in a team environment, leveraging resources that are matrixed in from Engineering, Operations, Mission Assurance, Supply Chain, Contracts, and other BCT organizations.  The Avionics Manager will engage with the product line leadership, business development, and program teams to ensure that the avionics needs of the product line is met.  Spacecraft avionics includes CDH equipment, power control and distribution equipment, flight units, and engineering development units (EDUs).

Title: Spacecraft Avionics Manager

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: Pay Range: $125,000 - $235,000  (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location: Lafayette, CO

Benefits:

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year and parental leave).

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve spacecraft programs by providing compliant flight and EDU hardware, as well as status of demanded hardware (cost, schedule, issues).
• Establish and maintain an inventory record of company-owned (capital) assets allocated to the avionics group. This includes maintaining a knowledge of the physical location of each asset, its condition, and its schedule for calibration/maintenance as required.  Know what we have and what state it’s in.
• Manage avionics product line: plan projects (requirements, budget, schedule); secure resources to execute; oversee execution, monitoring progress against budget and schedule constraints; managing risk mitigation and opportunity capture; provide regular status updates to program leadership.
• Working with product line leadership, establish product road maps that plan product evolution aligned with annual and long-range plans for the product line
• Provide cost, schedule, and resource estimates for proposals and programs
• Continuously evaluate product line needs for GSE, working with business development and product line leadership; prepare and submit capital requests and champion the request through to resolution. This effort includes developing cost estimates, return-on-investment estimates, and schedules for GSE development/procurement
• Prepare for and present at major program reviews, when requested
• Evaluate existing and emerging technologies related to avionics
• Drive efficient production practices to reduce scrap, downtime, and overall product cost and schedule
• Ensure all business is conducted using the highest ethical standards and in compliance with all applicable laws, statutes, and regulations as well as company policies and directives
• May include personnel management responsibilities
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications/Education:

• At least 8+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or Business Management with Engineering background
• Good documentation and communication skills
• Strong technical management skills and demonstrated ability to execute demanding programs
• Ability to work rapidly with minimal supervision on projects involving both small and large engineering and production teams

• Must be able to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education

Desired Attributes:

• Continuous improvement enthusiast, energized by always looking to improve the product line
• Humble nature, willing to acknowledge when help is needed and open to accepting constructive feedback
• Excited to be challenged to achieve more than has been done before – eager to push the boundaries of what’s possible not only from a technical standpoint but also from a cost and schedule standpoint
• Practical and realistic without being pessimistic

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines.  BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected factor. Colorado Residents:  In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.  Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at HR@bluecanyontech.com.