Senior Avionics Systems Engineer – Lead OEM & Certification

Collins Aerospace; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks vacation

Generous 401(k) with matching

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance and disability

Employee assistance program

Parental leave benefits

Adoption Assistance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in the United States (Cedar Rapids, IA) is seeking a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to lead avionics systems engineering across the full development life cycle, from design through flight testing and certification. You will supervise IPTs, interact with OEMs, and guide requirements, architecture, and safety integration in aircraft programs.

The role requires deep domain expertise in avionics, ARP-4754/DO-160, and FAA/EASA regulatory familiarity, with strong leadership in

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience.
• Advanced knowledge of avionic systems on civilian commercial aircraft
• Deep experience leading avionics engineering development phases
• Evident wide experience leading customer facing engineering teams
• Proven ability to interpret and manage requirements, interface control documents, CONOPS, technical specifications, TRDs, and verification matrices

Responsibilities

• Leading engineering duties spanning the entire development life cycle from systems design through systems testing and delivery
• Leading requirements capture from aircraft OEMs
• Decompose and allocate requirements to appropriate domains within Collins Aerospace
• Leading the creation of innovative design approaches and prototypes
• Leading design approach presentations and reviews internally and externally with the OEMs
• Leading creation of test procedures and analysis methods to verify and validate requirements
• Active support in the preparation of certification artifacts, including Systems Certification Summary, TSO compliance reports, and process compliance
• Lead the creation of artifacts to support SOI 1, 2, 3, 4 and TSO submittals
• Interpretation of and participation in ARP-4754 customer audits
• Provide leadership in answering customer questions and investigating issues related to software and hardware delivered to the OEM
• Leading Root Causes and Corrective Actions (RCCA) of must-fix issues discovered during flight tests and in-service aircraft operations
• Support activities to manage scope, schedule, and cost while optimizing engineering resources
• Lead cross-functional integrated product team development between Collins engineering subject matter experts and customer engineers
• Communicate engineering design solutions both orally and written with customers, other engineers, technicians, pilots, and leadership
• Lead the developing of systems architecture and human-machine interface requirements for new aircraft development
• Lead Change Impact Analysis for HIRF and Lightning qualification (DO-160)

Skills

Avionics systems

Avionics leadership

JIRA/JAMA/DOORS

Aviation standards

Regulatory experience

ARP-4754/DO-160

Python/C/C++/Java

A&P License

Education

STEM degree + 10+ years

Advanced degree in related field + 7+ years

Tools

JIRA

JAMA

DOORS

Job description

Collins Aerospace in the United States (Cedar Rapids, IA) is seeking a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to lead avionics systems engineering across the full development life cycle, from design through flight testing and certification. You will supervise IPTs, interact with OEMs, and guide requirements, architecture, and safety integration in aircraft programs.

The role requires deep domain expertise in avionics, ARP-4754/DO-160, and FAA/EASA regulatory familiarity, with strong leadership in