LEAD ENGINEER - PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - Aerospace Systems Engineer

Southwest Research Institute; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Tactical Aerospace Department at Southwest Research Institute seeks a System Engineer to lead MBSE-driven development of complex flight-worthy avionics and LRU systems. You will guide hardware, firmware, software, and AI/ML efforts, define CONOPS, and work with clients to establish system requirements and architectures.

Travel is required, with on-site work in San Antonio or Dayton. The role demands 10+ years in avionics/LRU development, broad systems engineering knowledge, MBSE proficiency,

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or equivalent with related experience.
• Experience: 10+ years in deriving, allocating tiered System Engineering requirements in Avionics/LRU contexts.
• MBSE experience and ability to develop CONOPS; valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Lead system, LRU architectures and CONOPS.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to develop hardware, firmware, software, and AI/ML for complex flight-worthy avionics/LRU payloads.
• Interact with clients to define system requirements and architectures; develop specification documents and architectures.
• Perform trade analyses and allocate functions to components; support proposals and roadmaps.

Skills

MBSE

System engineering

Requirements allocation

Leadership

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering

Tools

SysML

DOORS

Job description

Who We Are:

The Tactical Aerospace Department is a premier supplier for aerospace quality Complex Electronics on new and legacy DoW systems. This includes avionics, mission LRU's, flight worthy payloads, ground aerospace systems, and cutting edge third generation AI/ML for DoD platforms. This position is located on-site at either of our San Antonio, TX or Dayton (Beavercreek), OH facilities.

Objectives of this Role:

Responsible to develop System level and LRU Architectures. Lead the development of CONOPS, develop requirements, requirement allocation, and test. Guide multi-disciplinary engineering teams to develop hardware, firmware, and software for complex flight worthy avionics/mission LRU's/payload hardware. Interact directly with clients to establish system requirements and architectures to meet client expectations. Provide technical project leadership throughout each program. Must be willing to travel. Utilize Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes to support system designs/architectures. Support department management in specific technical marketing activities, proposal development of embedded systems, and in the development of product/technical roadmaps.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

System Engineer over embedded avionics/aerospace programs. Lead a multi-disciplinary team to develop, integrate, and test embedded complex flight worthy systems. This includes electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, and AI/ML. Meet with internal and external customers to establish system technical requirements and facilitate development of specification documents and system architectures. Lead trade analyses within and across the relevant domains. Work with stakeholders to allocate functions to components/systems and develop those allocations into requirements for the engineers, designers, and managers to design, develop, integrate and test.

Requirements:

Requires a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or equivalent engineering degree field with related experience. 10+ years: Experience developing, deriving, and allocating tiered Systems Engineering requirements in Avionics applications/LRU's. Broad, basic understanding of engineering activities/disciplines in avionics development (e.g. Systems, Hardware Development, Firmware, software, Integration, Testing, Bid and Proposal efforts, CONOPS, Qualification, Certification, System Safety, FMEA, Lab activities, etc). Experience developing CONOPS and System/LRU Architectures and basic/Intermediate experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE). A valid/clear driver's license is required.

Special Requirements:

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.

Job Locations:

San Antonio, Texas Or Dayton, Ohio

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