Senior Avionics Test Engineering Leader

Southwest Research Institute; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Southwest Research Institute's Strategic Aerospace Department seeks an experienced Avionics Test Engineer Leader to drive verification and validation programs for embedded avionics, automated test equipment, and lab capabilities across USAF platforms.

You will partner with program managers and customers, mentor teams, develop strategies, and lead fielding of test systems from development through production, traveling to bases as needed to support demonstrations and program wins.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related engineering discipline.
• Advanced degrees are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and lead daily technical and administrative activities while managing engineering staff utilization, laboratory resources, budgets, employee development, and execution of avionics verification and validation programs.
• Travel regularly to Hill AFB, Tinker AFB, Robins AFB, Wright-Patterson AFB, and other customer locations to support technical interchange meetings, laboratory demonstrations, program execution, and business development activities.
• Direct development of automated test equipment (ATE), hardware-in-the-loop systems, laboratory instrumentation, embedded software test solutions, environmental test systems, and production acceptance testers.
• Ensure developed avionics hardware and electronic assemblies successfully meet performance, environmental, EMI/EMC, nuclear survivability, airworthiness, and customer qualification requirements through comprehensive verification and validation.
• Lead customer engagement, strategic marketing, proposal development, ROMs, RFIs, technical presentations, white papers, and capture activities supporting opportunities from concept development through contract award.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Staff utilization

Education

Electrical Engineering (Bachelors)

Aerospace Engineering (Bachelors)

Systems Engineering (Bachelors)

Advanced degree

Job description

Southwest Research Institute's Strategic Aerospace Department seeks an experienced Avionics Test Engineer Leader to drive verification and validation programs for embedded avionics, automated test equipment, and lab capabilities across USAF platforms.

You will partner with program managers and customers, mentor teams, develop strategies, and lead fielding of test systems from development through production, traveling to bases as needed to support demonstrations and program wins.