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About the Role

The Space and Geophysics Laboratory (SGL) is seeking a hardware systems architect to lead the design of mission-critical hardware systems and manage their ongoing evolution. This role serves as a technical leader in hardware systems architecture, real-time data paths, firmware-aware design, and distributed data-acquisition systems, integrating COTS and custom equipment for specialized processing and global data collection.

Responsibilities

Elicit system scope and requirements from stakeholders for use in systems designs
Lead the development and evaluation of the hardware systems architecture and design, including scope, requirements, components, interactions, and interfaces, and manage the architecture for the ongoing evolution and update of those systems
Communicate work process, products, and results, including documentation, written reports, and briefs presented to stakeholders
Participate in project planning and project decomposition into components and actionable units of work
Coordinate with and provide support to stakeholders throughout the life-cycle of the systems definition, design, implementation, integration, and deployment
Perform engineering estimates, guide project schedules, and identify dependencies
Conduct engineering evaluations, such as trade studies, reliability analysis, functional analysis, risk analysis assessments
Mentor junior engineering staff, technicians, and students
Other related functions as assigned

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in science, applied science, or engineering
Three years of relevant professional work experience
Demonstrated experience integrating hardware systems (e.g. COTS/custom equipment into racks, RF signal distribution/switching, or FPGA/digitizer-based data acquisition)
Demonstrated experience designing hardware systems for fault tolerance, high availability, and operational continuity across multiple nodes or sites
Experience in designing/maintaining formal APIs and Interface Specifications, including the hardware-software interfaces (e.g. register maps, memory-mapped or streaming data interfaces, device driver/control-plane contracts) that integrate hardware components into the broader system
Demonstrated ability to design, develop, evaluate, and support the development of large and complex systems
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including demonstrated ability to communicate technical detail to staff and stakeholders of varying backgrounds and experiences
Demonstrated ability to work effectively, both independently and collaboratively, with a strong commitment to contribution and enabling the entire team
Demonstrated ability to make architectural decisions balancing performance, reliability, and operational complexity
US Citizen: Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information at the level appropriate to the project requirements of the position

Skills

Hardware systems architecture
Real-time and streaming data paths
Firmware-aware design
Distributed data-acquisition systems
Integrating COTS and custom equipment
GNSS data collection
RF signal digitization
FPGA
API design
Interface Specifications
Hardware-software interfaces
Fault tolerance
High availability
Operational continuity
Model-based systems engineering (MBSE)
Jira or similar work-tracking and project-management tools

Location

PICKLE RESEARCH CAMPUS

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite

Experience Level

Three years of relevant professional work experience
More than 12 years relevant professional work experience in the architecting and/or design of FPGA, RF, real-time, embedded, or distributed data-acquisition systems (preferred)

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in science, applied science, or engineering
Post-graduate degree in systems engineering, engineering management, engineering mechanics, operations research, industrial engineering, electrical engineering, or related field (preferred)

Salary/Compensations

$104,000-$174,000+/negotiable depending on qualifications

Benefits

100% employer-paid basic medical coverage
Retirement contributions
Paid vacation and sick time
Paid holidays

About the Company

The Space and Geophysics Laboratory (SGL) delivers capabilities to government customers for various applications, from real-time data-intensive network operations spanning geographically distributed sites to standalone remote field systems.
Applied Research Laboratories is part of UT Austin.

Equal Opportunity

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.