Avionics System Engineer

IDD Aerospace Corporation; Redmond; On-site; AUD 171,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Employee assistance program

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Vision insurance

Job summary

IDD Aerospace Corporation, a Safran Electronics and Defense subsidiary, seeks a Systems Engineer to design and certify avionics equipment for flight decks across commercial and military aircraft. You will translate customer and aircraft requirements into detailed LRU architectures, interfaces, and certification artifacts, aligned with DO-254/178/160 standards.

You will lead technical efforts, collaborate with certification authorities, and ensure traceability from requirements through testing,

Qualifications

• Experience in full lifecycle design for avionics systems.
• Knowledge of electrical and avionics system architecture and data buses.
• Experience creating requirements documents, design descriptions, and verification procedures.
• Understanding of FARs, ARP 4754A, DO-254, DO-178.
• Hands-on DO-160 testing experience.
• Experience with industry certification processes (STC, TC, TSO) desirable.
• Embedded systems design/testing with FPGA/ASIC/microcontrollers.
• Systems engineering processes including requirements management and traceability.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience with aerospace certification processes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and document airborne equipment meeting DO-254/DO-178.
• Capture and manage customer requirements with traceability.
• Define architectures for system and subsystems to meet standards.
• Create DO-254 compliance artifacts for hardware certification.
• Serve as technical lead during DO-254 SOI audits with authorities.
• Prepare and maintain plans, requirements, designs, and certification records.
• Lead peer reviews of technical documents.
• Drive process improvements in systems engineering.
• Manage requirement traceability throughout project life cycle.
• Write test plans and oversee DO-160 environmental testing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues during development and testing.
• Ensure alignment with schedules and budgets; deliver high-quality results.
• Collaborate with certification authorities and internal teams for airworthiness approvals.
• Stay updated on airworthiness standards and trends.
• Uphold high ethical standards.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering

Tools

FPGA

ASIC

Microcontroller

Traceability tools

Job description

IDD Aerospace is a subsidiary of Safran Electronics and Defense, a leader in the design and manufacture of human-to-machine interface solutions for the commercial and defense aerospace market. IDD specializes in producing high-quality light plates, keyboards, and control panel assemblies for flight deck control systems.

Summary

We’re looking for a skilled and driven Systems Engineer to join the IDD Aerospace engineering team, part of Safran Electronics and Defense Avionics, USA. In this role, you’ll play a key part in designing and certifying avionics equipment for flight decks on commercial, business, and military aircraft. We need someone with experience working to aviation standards like DO-254, DO-178, and DO-160 to help ensure our products meet the highest safety and reliability standards. A systems engineer with expertise in the development of airborne electronic equipment, responsible for translating customer, pilot, and aircraft-level requirements into detailed LRU system requirements, architectures, interfaces, verification plans, and certification artifacts.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and document airborne equipment, ensuring compliance with internal procedures, DO-254, and DO-178 standards.
• Define, capture, and manage customer requirements, deriving additional requirements based on system-level needs, documenting them systematically, and ensuring their traceability, validation, and verification throughout the development lifecycle to meet airborne equipment certification standards.
• Design and define product system and subsystem architectures to meet technical and certification standards.
• Create and oversee the development of DO-254 compliance artifacts to ensure hardware certification.
• Act as the technical lead and primary liaison during DO-254 Stage of Involvement (SOI) audits with certification authorities.
• Prepare, update, and maintain project documentation, including plans, requirements, designs, validation, verification, and certification records.
• Lead and actively participate in peer reviews of technical documents, ensuring action items are addressed and documented.
• Drive continuous process improvements within the systems engineering domain to enhance efficiency and product quality.
• Manage configuration control and traceability of requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Write test plans, perform, and oversee DO-160 qualification testing, addressing environmental considerations for airborne equipment.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues during development and testing phases.
• Ensure alignment with program schedules and budgets, maintaining high-quality engineering deliverables.
• Work closely with certification authorities and internal teams to achieve airworthiness approvals.
• Stay current with international airworthiness requirements and emerging product certification trends to ensure compliance and innovation.
• Uphold and exemplify the highest ethical standards, even in challenging situations.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in system and electrical engineering, with comprehensive experience in full lifecycle design for military, commercial, or business avionics systems and components.
• Extensive knowledge of electrical and avionics system architecture, with expertise in aircraft installations and operations, human factors design, aircraft digital data buses and protocols, analog and digital system interfaces, and modern aircraft system design.
• Proven experience in creating requirements documents, design descriptions, and system verification cases and procedures to support system development and certification processes.
• Comprehensive understanding of industry airworthiness standards and regulations, including FARs, Regulatory Guidance, and assurance standards and methods such as ARP 4754A, with additional expertise in DO-254 and DO-178.
• Hands‑on experience with DO-160 testing (Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment).
• Experience with industry certification processes, including Supplemental Type Certificates (STC), Type Certificates (TC), and Technical Standard Orders (TSO), is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in embedded systems design and testing, with familiarity in FPGA, ASIC, or microcontroller‑based systems.
• Knowledge of systems engineering processes, including requirements management and traceability.
• Excellent problem‑solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience working with aerospace certification processes is highly preferred.

What you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other aerospace Engineering discipline
• Minimum of five years of experience
• You must be a US Person

Accountability

This position is under ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by Title 22 of Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.

Annual salary range: $120,000-$140,000 per year

Job Type: Full-time

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Education

Bachelor's (Required)

Experience

Aerospace Engineering: 5 years (Required)

Ability to Relocate

Redmond, WA 98052: Relocate before starting work (Required)