Guidance Nav & Control Engineer III — Flight Safety & Issues

PDS Defense, Inc.; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 210,773,000 - 225,926,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Short-term disability insurance

DailyPay

Job summary

PDS Defense, Inc. in Everett, WA is seeking an experienced Guidance Nav & Control Engineer 3 to support production operations and supplier builds, resolving build issues and safety items to maintain airworthiness.

You will lead or contribute to failure investigations, review architectures, and coordinate with airline customers, suppliers, and regulators to close SRPs and flight squawks, ensuring compliant solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited program in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
• 5+ years of technical experience in an aerospace or regulated industry.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly troubleshoot production issues on the line and at supplier facilities; define corrective actions and design changes to improve build accuracy, producibility, and safety.
• Investigate fleet anomalies; perform root cause analysis, create mitigation plans, and drive resolution with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Review system architecture, requirements, and design documentation to assess impacts of anomalies and proposed fixes.
• Lead and support system/component tests; author test plans, monitor execution, analyze results, and document conclusions.
• Produce and maintain safety artifacts: FMEA, fault trees, and traceability to requirements and regulations.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, avionics, supplier management, flight operations, safety, and regulatory teams for compliant solutions.
• Mentor production teams on design intent, installation practices, and troubleshooting to reduce recurrence.

Skills

5+ years aerospace experience

Flight control systems

Requirements development

System safety analysis

Cross-functional coordination

IBM Rational DOORS

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering or related field

Tools

IBM Rational DOORS

Job description

PDS Defense, Inc. in Everett, WA is seeking an experienced Guidance Nav & Control Engineer 3 to support production operations and supplier builds, resolving build issues and safety items to maintain airworthiness.

You will lead or contribute to failure investigations, review architectures, and coordinate with airline customers, suppliers, and regulators to close SRPs and flight squawks, ensuring compliant solutions.