Lead Flight Avionics Systems Engineer (Hybrid + Relocation)

GE Aerospace; Spring Lake (MI); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

GE Aerospace is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to support Flight Management Computing programs, based in Grand Rapids, MI on a hybrid schedule (in office Tue, Wed, Thu). You will lead across military and civil platforms, driving robust system definitions and successful integration from concept through production.

The ideal candidate will bring strong systems thinking, technical leadership, and the ability to influence decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in systems engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• This position requires U.S. citizenship status.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering efforts for Flight Management Computing programs across military and civil platforms.
• Manage cross-platform commonality and program-specific system requirements to enable scalable, high-quality product solutions.
• Own and drive requirements development, allocation, traceability, verification, and validation activities.
• Partner closely with software and hardware teams to ensure system requirements are fully understood, implemented, and verified.
• Lead system integration activities across components, subsystems, and products to maximize performance, operability, and product quality.
• Define and manage system and product requirements, specifications, and requirements flow-down to internal teams, suppliers, subcontractors, and partners.
• Drive system-level verification and validation, including support for integration and test strategy development.
• Manage key interfaces between components, teams, and execution organizations to ensure seamless product development and integration.
• Lead risk, trade study, and CTQ decision-making to optimize system design and program execution.
• Support configuration management and configuration control activities across the product lifecycle.
• Apply technical expertise and data-driven analysis to solve moderately complex engineering challenges and recommend practical solutions.
• Serve as a technical resource and mentor for less experienced engineers, while helping build alignment and consensus across teams.
• Contribute to functional best practices, continuous improvement, and technical strategy within the systems engineering discipline.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

GE Aerospace is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to support Flight Management Computing programs, based in Grand Rapids, MI on a hybrid schedule (in office Tue, Wed, Thu). You will lead across military and civil platforms, driving robust system definitions and successful integration from concept through production.

The ideal candidate will bring strong systems thinking, technical leadership, and the ability to influence decisions.