Autonomous Systems Engineer - Defense & Simulation

avav; Moorpark (CA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K match

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment in Moorpark, CA seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to collaborate with design teams on unmanned systems for defense and commercial use. The role spans requirements definition, concept design, prototyping, and V&V across diverse engineering disciplines.

You will work with controls engineers, allocate subsystem requirements, and develop architectures to drive simulations and testing in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering is required or equivalent.
• 5-8 years of experience in a systems engineering role (Aerospace systems engineering preferred).
• Familiarity with C/C++ and Matlab required.
• Proficiency with Matlab as well as office software and computer-based productivity tools.

Responsibilities

• Support providing weekly Status of System development progress with requirements burn down.
• Support Allocating Requirements to Subsystems & Engineering coordination.
• Support Evaluating System performance thresholds and providing direction.
• Support Requirements and Specification Reviews.
• Support Developing Instrumented Flight Test vectors and Data acquisition.
• Support definition of system Build in Test for Fault Detection, Isolation, Recovery
• Support definition of ground system warnings, cautions, notifications
• Provide input for model development and simulation analysis
• Support prototyping of autonomous systems and validate designs through a series of purpose-designed experiments
• Support design and analysis tasks using AeroVironment and industry developed tools
• Writes system requirements, system test plans, and assist in validation testing
• Perform a variety of engineering support activities on R&D projects
• Document work and assist with the transition of new capabilities, technologies and prototypes into a production development environment
• Work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors
• Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways while applying company policies and procedures
• Work independently with little supervision. Provide articulate, accurate instructions and guidance to lower-level Engineers as well as team members outside the department
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Systems engineering

5-8 years experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

C/C++

Matlab

Simulink

Ansys

Solidworks

Job description

AeroVironment in Moorpark, CA seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to collaborate with design teams on unmanned systems for defense and commercial use. The role spans requirements definition, concept design, prototyping, and V&V across diverse engineering disciplines.

You will work with controls engineers, allocate subsystem requirements, and develop architectures to drive simulations and testing in a fast-paced environment.