Systems Engineer – Aircraft Integration

Jobtailor; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Orlando, FL seeks a Senior Systems Integration Engineer to oversee the integration of complex simulation systems across software, hardware, and networks. You will lead architecture alignment, interface definitions, and end-to-end verification in a multi-disciplinary team.

The role requires strong software development background, experience with requirements analysis, and robust problem-solving in distributed simulation environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field.
• Significant experience in systems engineering, systems integration, or software integration for complex technical systems.
• Experience supporting simulation systems, training systems, modeling and simulation environments, or similarly integrated technical platforms.
• Strong background in software development, software integration, or application engineering.
• Experience with requirements analysis, interface management, architecture alignment, and technical baseline control.
• Experience troubleshooting integration issues across software, hardware, network, and system boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Support integration of complex simulation systems, subsystems, software components, hardware elements, interfaces, and supporting infrastructure.
• Apply senior systems engineering practices to support requirements analysis, architecture alignment, interface definition, technical baseline management, and end-to-end system integration.
• Use software development knowledge to assess application behavior, interface logic, data exchange, middleware integration, and technical implementation issues within the simulation environment.
• Coordinate integration activities across software developers, systems engineers, hardware engineers, network engineers, test personnel, and operational stakeholders.
• Support development and maintenance of system architectures, interface definitions, integration plans, technical baselines, and verification approaches for simulation systems.
• Analyze system interoperability, interface compatibility, performance issues, and integration risks across distributed simulation components.
• Support software and system configuration management, version alignment, environment coordination, and release integration planning.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving complex integration issues involving software, hardware, networks, timing, data, and external system dependencies.
• Support lab, test, staging, and operational environments used for simulation system integration and validation.
• Participate in design reviews, integration working groups, test readiness activities, issue review boards, and technical interchange meetings.
• Ensure simulation system components are integrated in accordance with program requirements, architectural standards, cybersecurity considerations, and operational use cases.
• Support system verification, validation, regression testing, and transition activities.
• Prepare technical documentation, integration status reports, risk assessments, and recommendations for engineering and program leadership.
• Provide senior technical guidance on integration strategy, issue resolution, and engineering tradeoffs.

Skills

Systems Integration

Software Development

Interface Management

Architecture Alignment

Troubleshooting

Verification Testing

Configuration Management

Data Exchange

Middleware Integration

Performance Analysis

Written Communication

Verbal Communication

Collaboration

Simulation Systems

Modeling and Simulation

Technical Documentation

Integration Plans

Cybersecurity Considerations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field

Significant experience in systems engineering, systems integration, or software integration for complex technical systems

Experience supporting simulation systems, training systems, modeling and simulation environments, or similarly integrated technical platforms

Job description

• Support integration of complex simulation systems, subsystems, software components, hardware elements, interfaces, and supporting infrastructure.
• Apply senior systems engineering practices to support requirements analysis, architecture alignment, interface definition, technical baseline management, and end-to-end system integration.
• Use software development knowledge to assess application behavior, interface logic, data exchange, middleware integration, and technical implementation issues within the simulation environment.
• Coordinate integration activities across software developers, systems engineers, hardware engineers, network engineers, test personnel, and operational stakeholders.
• Support development and maintenance of system architectures, interface definitions, integration plans, technical baselines, and verification approaches for simulation systems.
• Analyze system interoperability, interface compatibility, performance issues, and integration risks across distributed simulation components.
• Support software and system configuration management, version alignment, environment coordination, and release integration planning.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving complex integration issues involving software, hardware, networks, timing, data, and external system dependencies.
• Support lab, test, staging, and operational environments used for simulation system integration and validation.
• Participate in design reviews, integration working groups, test readiness activities, issue review boards, and technical interchange meetings.
• Ensure simulation system components are integrated in accordance with program requirements, architectural standards, cybersecurity considerations, and operational use cases.
• Support system verification, validation, regression testing, and transition activities.
• Prepare technical documentation, integration status reports, risk assessments, and recommendations for engineering and program leadership.
• Provide senior technical guidance on integration strategy, issue resolution, and engineering tradeoffs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Significant experience in systems engineering, systems integration, or software integration for complex technical systems.
• Experience supporting simulation systems, training systems, modeling and simulation environments, or similarly integrated technical platforms.
• Strong background in software development, software integration, or application engineering.
• Experience with requirements analysis, interface management, architecture alignment, and technical baseline control.
• Experience troubleshooting integration issues across software, hardware, network, and system boundaries.
• Understanding of system lifecycle processes including design, integration, test, deployment, and sustainment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary engineering and program teams.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in systems engineering and integration, with a strong focus on simulation systems and software development. Capable of managing technical baselines, interface definitions, and ensuring compliance with architectural standards and cybersecurity considerations.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Systems Engineering
• Software Integration
• Requirements Analysis
• Technical Baseline Management
• Simulation Systems

Hard Skills

• Systems Integration
• Software Development
• Interface Management
• Architecture Alignment
• Troubleshooting
• Verification Testing
• Configuration Management
• Data Exchange
• Middleware Integration
• Performance Analysis

Soft Skills

• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Collaboration

Industry Keywords

• Simulation Systems
• Modeling and Simulation
• Technical Documentation
• Integration Plans
• Cybersecurity Considerations