Avionics Engineer - ASL - Open Rank

Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI); Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Welfare benefits

Retirement Plans

Tuition Reimbursement

Professional Development

Job summary

Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is seeking a full-time Avionics Engineer to develop and integrate military avionics systems. The role involves system-level design, testing, and compliance with military standards. Candidates should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant engineering fields and hands-on experience with Linux and embedded systems. The position requires U.S. citizenship due to federal contracts and knowledge of aviation safety standards is essential. Benefits include comprehensive health and professional development programs.

Qualifications

• 2 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 0 years of related experience with a Master's degree in a relevant field.
• U.S. Citizenship required for the position.

Responsibilities

• Define and design military avionic systems.
• Integrate and test avionics systems.
• Develop technical reports and test plans.

Skills

Hands-on experience with Linux

Experience developing complex systems

Experience with avionic data buses

Experience integrating and troubleshooting systems

Experience with Model-Based System Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field

Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field

Tools

Python

R

Job description

Project/Unit Description

The Applied Systems Lab (ASL) Autonomy Technology Transition Division (ATTD) is currently seeking an Avionics Engineer for a full-time research faculty position. ATTD conducts research supporting sponsors across the Department of Defense and focuses on autonomous uncrewed aircraft programs. Expertise includes autonomous systems, systems engineering, avionics engineering, embedded software development, test and evaluation, and hardware- and software-in-the-loop development and test environments and laboratories.

Job Purpose

The Avionics Engineer defines and designs military avionic systems and systems-of-systems. Specifically, the Avionics Engineer develops integrated system-level designs, and hardware and software subsystems designs. These designs are associated to avionic functions such as navigation, tactical data links, electronic warfare, defensive countermeasures, intelligence, and integrated system functions like data fusion and resource management. These design efforts include integrating the avionics systems within the aircraft, aircraft-to-aircraft, and aircraft-to-ground systems. The Avionics Engineer applies knowledge specific to aircraft such as safety (e.g., FAA standards), security, robustness, and performance. Additionally, the Avionics Engineer analyzes laboratory and flight test data for functionality and performance. The Avionics Engineer also provides expertise and technical leadership to programs and sponsors to achieve overall goals through the full development life cycle (i.e., requirements development to final delivery). Tools and methodologies used by the Avionics Engineer include Model Based System Engineering, laboratory analysis hardware, software development environments, and Agile methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Decompose, develop, and allocate requirements into system-of-systems performance design criteria.
• Collaborate to develop technical solutions and ensure products meet allocated requirements and design criteria as well as comply with military, safety, and security standards.
• Integrate and test system components in a laboratory or on-aircraft environment and analyze test data to determine if system requirements are met and identify deficiencies.
• Develop technical reports, test plans, memos, and diagrams detailing product or system attributes.
• Begin to participate in sponsor engagement contacts.

Additional Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate new capabilities and subsystems into military systems, including the design of inter-software interfaces, inter subsystem interfaces (e.g., data, interconnects, messaging, middleware), aircraft to subsystem integration, pilot vehicle interface and test/instrumentation systems integration.
• Execute on assigned projects and systems including keeping up to date on use cases, system capabilities, system interfaces, engineering tools, and road maps for current and future updates.
• Contribute to a specific engineering specialty (e.g. safety engineering, hardware/software interface, digital engineering).
• Isolate hardware and software component anomalies.
• Analyze flight and laboratory data to ensure system requirements are satisfied.
• Develop scripts and tools to analyze flight and laboratory data.
• Ensure that all technical work is developed to meet military, safety, and security standards.
• Design and manage the laboratory configurations for assigned projects.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience with Linux and embedded systems.
• Experience developing complex, software‑intensive, systems using system engineering processes and methodologies.
• Experience designing/developing software‑based systems that integrate multiple subsystems, and/or integrate multiple software applications and hardware.
• Experience integrating and troubleshooting systems to determine functional correctness, completeness, and/or effectiveness.
• Experience developing, integrating, and/or testing unmanned autonomous robotic system capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance.
• Experience processing and analyzing data with tools such as Python or R.
• Experience with avionic data buses (e.g., MIL‑STD‑1553, ARINC 429, Ethernet, RS‑422, etc.), tactical data links (e.g., Link‑16), military radios, and open systems architecture frameworks (e.g., FACE and OMS/UCI).
• Experience using Model‑Based System Engineering (SysML) to design systems (e.g., use cases, behavior, interfaces, data models). Additional DoDAF experience is a plus.
• Experience working in a full‑life‑cycle agile and/or digital engineering environment.
• Experience supporting field tests to troubleshoot and solve problems.
• Experience designing secure and safe system solutions.
• Experience developing/designing complex, software‑intensive, military unmanned air systems (UAS) using system engineering processes and methodologies.
• Experience developing autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/UAV).
• Experience developing autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USV), unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), unmanned under systems (UUV).
• Experience with Modular Open System Approach (MOSA).
• Knowledge of the operational use models of military UAS.
• Knowledge of FAA and Military regulations.

Travel Requirements

• 10% - 25% travel.

Education and Length of Experience

This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook.

• 2 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related field of study.
• 0 years of related experience with a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related field of study.

U.S. Citizenship Requirements

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Clearance Type Required

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Benefits at GTRI

Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://benefits.hr.gatech.edu/.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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