Lead Systems Engineer — Flight Controls & Autonomy

Prattwhitney; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Relocation assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer for the Athena Control Systems Team in Sterling, VA. The role focuses on leading development, certification and maintenance of safety-critical embedded systems for commercial and military applications, with travel up to 15%.

Required are C/C++/embedded systems experience, MATLAB usage, and a background in certified safety-critical development and lab testing. Collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with C/C++, embedded systems and real time operating systems.
• Experience with development tool sets, for example, Jira, Subversion/Git/Version Management.
• Knowledge and experience with the aerospace or related industry, vehicle control, algorithm development, and experience with development and testing in a lab environment.
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in software design, system design and program reviews to ensure team progress against milestones are met and tracking project schedules.
• Write integration and test plans; conduct and lead integration and verification testing to deliver safe high-quality solutions.
• Lead and manage the engineering bid and planning process for a multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Work on multiple programs simultaneously.
• Provide communication and status to relevant stakeholders.
• Support verification and traceability of the system requirements.
• Support peer reviews on test procedures & design documentation.
• Help drive resolution for technical issues through problem-solving and coordination across impacted teams and subject matter experts.
• Opportunity to help improve our development processes and tools.
• This position will require up to 15% travel.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded systems

RTOS

MATLAB

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Jira

Git

Subversion

Job description

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer for the Athena Control Systems Team in Sterling, VA. The role focuses on leading development, certification and maintenance of safety-critical embedded systems for commercial and military applications, with travel up to 15%.

Required are C/C++/embedded systems experience, MATLAB usage, and a background in certified safety-critical development and lab testing. Collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams is essential.