Senior Systems Integration Engineer – Airworthiness & Safety

Socket.dev; Warner Robins (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

COLSA invites applications from experienced Systems Engineers to support military aircraft programs, applying systems design, integration, verification, and risk assessment across hardware and software.

YOU will ensure airworthiness per AFPD 62-6 and MIL-HDBK-516C, support safety analyses, and provide technical guidance for system installations, testing, and lifecycle sustainment in a fast‑paced, mission‑critical environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform systems engineering to include expertise in systems design and integration, manufacturing, quality and industrial engineering, airworthiness, and configuration and data management.
• Assist in developing, deploying, and maintaining processes to ensure weapon systems are fully integrated, manufactured, sustained, configuration managed, and operationally safe, suitable, and effective throughout their life cycle.
• Understand and execute AFPD 62-6, USAF Airworthiness, through standardized processes and issuance of flight authorizations.
• Understand and apply MIL-HDBK-516C Airworthiness Certification Criteria, to aircraft systems and subsystems.
• Support the System Integrity Programs including Mechanical Systems Integrity Program (MECSIP), assist in maintaining and updating the Critical Safety Item (CSI) list, and monitor airworthiness certification for mission partner aircraft.
• Apply OSS&E and airworthiness processes, as well as assist in providing risk assessments, safety analysis, and recommendations and addressing high-priority safety issues.
• Assist in translating user requirements into weapons system requirements, which will be used to design, develop, fabricate, test and evaluate weapons systems, subsystems and equipment for eventual fielding and deployment.
• Use knowledge of systems engineering in support of system definition, development, integration, verification methods, sustainment, risk modeling/simulation, testing and evaluation, human system integration (HSI), crew stations engineering, OSS&E efforts, interoperability requirements, and airworthiness certification across a wide range of hardware and software systems including ground-based systems.
• Review and assist in performing assessments on program specific databases, analyzing BIT failure reports, and comparing failure reports against the BIT interpreter analyzer for accuracy of BIT indications
• Provide system integration guidance to aircraft program offices for the program system installation and system maintenance.
• Review and analyze technical proposals or modifications for design feasibility and system capability
• Assist in conducting performance effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life-cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical, and schedule risk assessments, and schedule trade-off studies
• Conduct systems analyses to include, but not limited to, system design/design feasibility and state-of-the-art assessments.
• Provide system integration guidance to the government for the program system installation and system maintenance.
• Assist in reviewing and analyzing OEM technical proposals or modifications for design feasibility and system capability.
• Assist in performance effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life- cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical and schedule risk assessments, and scheduling trade-off studies.
• Assist in systems analyses to include but not limited to system design/design feasibility and state-of-the-art assessments.
• Provide technical expertise and proper application of systems engineering processes to support technology and systems development.
• Assist in defining the maturation of technology development and technical risk reduction efforts; and evaluating and managing requirements, functional and physical architectures, and interfaces.
• Assist in managing the technical issues that arise because of the integration processes using a systems approach.
• Assist in developing a SEP to address the technical strategy of development efforts.
• Employ procedures, methods, and tools for measuring technical progress and assist in assessing the effectiveness of plans and solutions.
• Assist in the development and review of the overall system design baseline (architecture and interoperability requirements).
• Assist in developmental planning support in evaluation of the military mission to be accomplished and any related requirements documentation.
• Assist in reviewing and analyzing proposals, including regulatory and other policy driver changes or proposed modifications, for design feasibility and system compatibility.
• Assist with the core engineering tasks as they relate to system design engineering.
• Assist in providing rapid response engineering service and support as augmentation to organic resources through in-depth problem identification, impact assessment, and development of corrective actions for critical supportability problems.
• Support and assist in conducting the system safety engineering program, including mishap risk assessments; evaluating contractor safety proposals and safety analyses; evaluating safety concerns of using and support commands; and assisting with resolution of high priority safety issues.
• Assist in performing material solution analyses leading up to design reviews.
• Assist in producing or supporting development of draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or necessitated by programmatic limits based on cost, schedule, and performance.
• Assist in providing support to produce or review products that include the following: technical evaluations/plans; engineering studies, reports, and analyses; and acquisition strategies/plans such as: ICD; Operational Requirements Document (ORD)/CDD; CONOPS; CPD; System Requirements Document (SRD); System Specification; RFPs; System Engineering Plan (SEP); Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP); Test Acceptance Procedures (ATPs); Program Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Evaluation (PESHE); information support plan; PPP; Technology Assessment/Control Plan (TA/CP); emerging technology assessments and Technology Transition Plans (TTPs); Information Assurance Strategy (IAS); Security Classification Guide (SCG); Alternative Live Fire Test and Evaluation Plan; Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA) compliance; Consideration of Technology Issues; Data Management Strategy; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Survivability Assessments; Net-Centric Data Strategy; Spectrum Support
• Support project team meetings, working groups, and reviews as needed.
• Assist in analyzing equipment and software deficiencies; make recommendations for equipment and software deficiency corrections; and assist in developing, integrating, and testing equipment and software deficiency solutions.
• At COLSA, people are our most valuable resource and centered at our core value. We invite you to unite your talents with opportunity and be a part of our “Family of Professionals!” Learn about our employee-centric culture and benefits here: https://www.colsa.com/culture_benefits

Job description

COLSA invites applications from experienced Systems Engineers to support military aircraft programs, applying systems design, integration, verification, and risk assessment across hardware and software.

YOU will ensure airworthiness per AFPD 62-6 and MIL-HDBK-516C, support safety analyses, and provide technical guidance for system installations, testing, and lifecycle sustainment in a fast‑paced, mission‑critical environment.