Autonomy Systems Lead — Senior Principal Software Engineer

Prattwhitney; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

401(k) plan with employer matching

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking an Aircraft Autonomy Systems and Integration engineer for the onsite Autos team. You will lead a cross-disciplinary group, define interfaces, and drive carrier-grade autonomy capabilities across multiple domains, including lab and aircraft testing.

The ideal candidate has a strong Systems Engineering background, extensive avionics experience, and familiarity with Agile practices.

Qualifications

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) with minimum 10 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with minimum 7 years of experience.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, including experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Background in Systems Engineering, Aircraft Integration and Test experience.
• Avionics experience; avionics certification is preferred.
• Flight testing experience.
• Experience with Proline Fusion or EDS avionics.
• Pilot or flight operations experience.
• Experience architecting systems and software.
• Familiarity with Agile, SCRUM, and Jira.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and leadership to a team of engineers and researchers working on autonomy projects.
• Define requirements, interfaces and updates needed to develop new autonomous solutions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define, design, develop, and implement advanced autonomy capabilities across contributing domains.
• Execute integration and test activities in the lab and on the aircraft.
• Disposition test and integration issues and conduct root cause investigations.
• Create and maintain Systems documentation.
• Foster innovation and excellence in technical execution.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional teams

Systems Engineering

Aircraft Integration

Test experience

Avionics

Avionics certification

Flight Testing

Proline Fusion

EDS avionics

Pilot experience

Flight operations

System architecture

Software architecture

Agile/SCRUM

Jira

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

None

Job description

Pratt & Whitney in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking an Aircraft Autonomy Systems and Integration engineer for the onsite Autos team. You will lead a cross-disciplinary group, define interfaces, and drive carrier-grade autonomy capabilities across multiple domains, including lab and aircraft testing.

The ideal candidate has a strong Systems Engineering background, extensive avionics experience, and familiarity with Agile practices.