Senior Systems Architect - Autonomous Unmanned Systems

AeroVironment, Inc.; Huntsville (TN); On-site; USD 134,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to join our design team in developing advanced unmanned systems for defense and commercial applications.

You will collaborate with controls engineers to allocate requirements, drive architecture, and guide simulation models across multiple development stages. The role spans requirements definition, concept design, prototyping, and detailed verification testing, with mentorship to teammates and a focus on delivering robust architectures

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering or CS field.
• 12–15 years in a systems engineering role (Aerospace preferred).
• Proficiency with C/C++ and Matlab.
• Experience with requirements traceability through the development cycle.
• Experience developing system test plans and reports.
• Experience writing System Safety protocols for field testing.
• Strong Matlab skills and proficiency with office software.
• Familiarity with electronics and image analysis.
• Knowledge of Model Based Engineering tools like MBSE.

Responsibilities

• Oversee requirements traceability through the system development cycle.
• Provide weekly status updates with requirements burn down.
• Allocate requirements to subsystems & engineering coordination.
• Evaluate system performance thresholds and provide direction.
• Develop instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition.
• Provide input for model development and simulation analysis.
• Develop systems test plans, procedures and reports.
• Review and interpret customer specifications effectively.
• Identify, analyze and resolve system design weaknesses; influence architecture.

Skills

C/C++

Matlab

Systems engineering

Requirements traceability

Model Based Engineering

Python

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Simulink

Ansys

SolidWorks

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to join our design team in developing advanced unmanned systems for defense and commercial applications.

You will collaborate with controls engineers to allocate requirements, drive architecture, and guide simulation models across multiple development stages. The role spans requirements definition, concept design, prototyping, and detailed verification testing, with mentorship to teammates and a focus on delivering robust architectures