Senior Avionics Systems Engineer - DO-254/178

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 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,