Senior Systems Architect: Interfaces & Flight Design Remote

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and life insurance

Flexible paid time off

401(k) with match

Professional development opportunities

Work/life integration in startup-style

Job summary

Client Aerospace Leader is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer specializing in Architecture & Interfaces to shape system architecture for advanced aviation platforms. You will translate customer needs into top-level requirements and interoperable designs, working across mission, flight autonomy, software, and validation stakeholders.

Strong certification experience is essential. The role emphasizes deep systems engineering in certification-driven settings with rigorous documentation and interfaces.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in systems engineering for aviation certification.
• Experience with FAA, EASA, or DoD certification.
• AR P4754A/B and RTCA DO-178B/C experience for flight-critical systems.
• Ability to deliver complex systems engineering work products.

Responsibilities

• Execute segments of system architecture and interface definition.
• Maintain architectures in models as designs evolve.
• Translate customer needs into top-level requirements.
• Define interfaces for interoperability between mission and flight autonomy.
• Develop system-level requirements and documentation.
• Specify physical interfaces and data protocols with detailed documentation.
• Support software releases with systems engineering from requirements through validation.

Skills

Systems engineering

Certification-driven

Requirements management

AR P4754A/B

RTCA DO-178B/C

Education

BS in Systems/Aerospace/Electrical Eng

MS preferred

PhD considered

Tools

Modeling tools

Documentation standards

Interface definition

Job description

Client Aerospace Leader is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer specializing in Architecture & Interfaces to shape system architecture for advanced aviation platforms. You will translate customer needs into top-level requirements and interoperable designs, working across mission, flight autonomy, software, and validation stakeholders.

Strong certification experience is essential. The role emphasizes deep systems engineering in certification-driven settings with rigorous documentation and interfaces.