Aerospace Systems Engineer – Avionics & Defense

Thomas Global

Irvine (CA)

On-site

USD 125,000 - 145,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration
Comprehensive benefit package
Mission-critical aerospace and defense

Job summary

Thomas Global Systems in Irvine, CA, is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the full lifecycle development of avionics and defense electronic systems, translating customer and program needs into requirements and architectures while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to meet performance, safety and reliability goals.

The role emphasizes civil aviation certification and military airworthiness, DO-178C/DO-254, ARP4754A and DO-160, with responsibilities spanning verification, integration

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant engineering field.
  • 5+ years of systems engineering across avionics or defense systems.
  • Experience with requirements management and traceability.

Responsibilities

  • Define and manage system requirements, architectures and interfaces.
  • Allocate requirements to hardware/software and maintain traceability.
  • Define and manage interfaces across electrical, mechanical, software and data.
  • Integrate components into aircraft, ground, vehicle or mission systems.
  • Develop verification plans, procedures and acceptance criteria.
  • Support civil aviation certification and military airworthiness activities.
  • Prepare technical data and present to stakeholders.
  • Troubleshoot issues with root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

Skills

Analytical skills
Problem solving
Communication
Teamwork

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

DOORS
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Polarion
Jira

Job description

Thomas Global Systems in Irvine, CA, is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the full lifecycle development of avionics and defense electronic systems, translating customer and program needs into requirements and architectures while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to meet performance, safety and reliability goals.

The role emphasizes civil aviation certification and military airworthiness, DO-178C/DO-254, ARP4754A and DO-160, with responsibilities spanning verification, integration

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