Avionics & SoC Senior Systems Engineer Onsite Cedar Rapids

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead embedded systems engineering for aerospace applications.

Responsibilities include defining requirements, supporting integration, and verifying performance across hardware and software domains in a multi-discipline team. You will work with AEH, FPGA, and software teams, adhering to ARP4754B, DO-254, and DO-178C, while documenting artifacts with Jama, Jira, and Git.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related STEM field with 8+ years of experience.
• Master’s degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience with systems engineering for embedded hardware, avionics, or processor-based systems.
• Experience integrating hardware and software for complex embedded systems.
• Experience developing, managing, and validating system requirements.
• Working knowledge of ARP4754A/B, DO-254, and/or DO-178C.
• Experience with V&V and troubleshooting across disciplines.
• Strong collaboration and communication across multidisciplinary teams.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Develop, capture, and manage system requirements, designs, test cases, and verification plans.
• Support board-level and device-level systems engineering for SoC and embedded avionics platforms.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, software, FPGA, and AEH teams to integrate and validate complex embedded systems.
• Define and verify hardware- and software-allocated requirements.
• Perform system integration, verification, and troubleshooting in a laboratory environment.
• Support development activities aligned with ARP4754B, DO-254, and DO-178C.
• Maintain technical documentation and requirements traceability.
• Develop system use cases, concepts of operation, and technical solutions.

Skills

Systems engineering

Embedded systems

SoC platforms

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS

Master’s degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

Jama

Jira

Git

Job description

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead embedded systems engineering for aerospace applications.

Responsibilities include defining requirements, supporting integration, and verifying performance across hardware and software domains in a multi-discipline team. You will work with AEH, FPGA, and software teams, adhering to ARP4754B, DO-254, and DO-178C, while documenting artifacts with Jama, Jira, and Git.