Senior Systems Engineer, Autonomous Uncrewed Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K with match

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Staff Systems Engineer to collaborate with our Design Team on innovative uncrewed systems for defense and commercial applications. You will influence architecture, allocate requirements, and lead multi-discipline testing across development stages.

The role involves working with Chief Engineers/IPTs, managing traceability, and delivering weekly progress against requirements. Strong C/C++ and MATLAB skills, plus flight test experience, are essential.

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
• Experience in component and system-level testing
• Proficiency with C/C++ and MATLAB
• Experience in requirements allocation from system to subsystem
• Experience providing effective weekly status of system development progress with requirements burndown
• Experience evaluating system performance thresholds and providing direction
• Familiarity with electronics and systems related to image collection and analysis
• Experience developing system test plans, procedures, and reports, and reviewing and interpreting specifications
• Experience writing and conducting safety hazard assessments
• Experience writing system safety protocols and ensuring personnel safety during field testing
• Experience leading and presenting technical content at systems engineering gate reviews to the customer

Responsibilities

• Work closely 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
• Work with Senior Engineers in developing instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition
• Provide input for model development and simulation analysis
• Review and interpret customer specifications
• Identify, analyze, and resolve system design weaknesses; influence the shaping of future products by contributing to the framework used across multiple products or systems
• Determine methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel
• Analyze complex data against performance criteria and determine root causes of failures
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

System architecture

Flight test

C/C++

MATLAB

Requirements management

IPTL leadership

Modeling & simulation

Safety analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Simulink

Ansys

SolidWorks

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Staff Systems Engineer to collaborate with our Design Team on innovative uncrewed systems for defense and commercial applications. You will influence architecture, allocate requirements, and lead multi-discipline testing across development stages.

The role involves working with Chief Engineers/IPTs, managing traceability, and delivering weekly progress against requirements. Strong C/C++ and MATLAB skills, plus flight test experience, are essential.