Senior Staff Systems Engineer - Uncrewed Systems Architect

avav; Simi Valley (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental & Vision

401K with company match

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AV in the United States is seeking a Sr. Staff Systems Engineer to collaborate with the design team on developing Uncrewed Systems for defense and commercial use.

You will work with design engineers to allocate requirements and influence architecture and test methods to meet customer needs. This role involves working across development stages from requirements definition to validation, using modeling, simulation, and data analysis to ensure robust system performance and safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 12-15 years of relevant experience in a systems engineering or system design role.
• Experience as a systems architect to influence overall system design.
• Experience in flight test execution and standardization of flight test processes.
• Proficiency with C/C++ and MATLAB.
• Experience in requirements traceability and allocation from system to subsystem.
• Experience leading a team of Systems Engineers (IPTL) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with program Chief Engineers and IPT leads to support system architecture, design, and test of Uncrewed Systems.
• Manage requirements traceability and evolution throughout the system development cycle.
• Provide weekly status of system development progress with requirements burndown.
• Allocate requirements down to subsystems and establish traceability.
• Evaluate system performance thresholds and provide direction.
• Develop instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition with senior engineers.
• Review and interpret customer specifications.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve system design weaknesses; influence future products.
• Determine methods and procedures on new assignments and coordinate activities of others.

Skills

C/C++

MATLAB

System architecture

Requirements traceability

Flight test planning

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics/CS/Engineering

Tools

Simulink

Ansys

SolidWorks

Job description

AV in the United States is seeking a Sr. Staff Systems Engineer to collaborate with the design team on developing Uncrewed Systems for defense and commercial use.

You will work with design engineers to allocate requirements and influence architecture and test methods to meet customer needs. This role involves working across development stages from requirements definition to validation, using modeling, simulation, and data analysis to ensure robust system performance and safety.