Systems Engineer III

Crane Aerospace & Electronics; Washington; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Crane Aerospace and Electronics in Lynnwood, WA is seeking a Systems Engineer III to contribute to aerospace and electronics product development. The role involves research, design, analysis, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to meet cost, schedule, and performance targets.

Candidates should have a BA/BS in engineering and at least five years of relevant experience; masters preferred; ARP4754 processes experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant engineering experience.
• BA or BS in engineering; advanced degrees preferred.
• Familiarity with ARP4754 and DO1.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet performance and cost targets.
• Decompose requirements and support product development from concept to validation.
• Lead system development activities following industry processes like ARP4754.
• Prepare technical documentation and analyses for reviews.
• Support certification activities for aircraft systems.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

BA or BS Degree in Engineering

Masters or PhD preferred

Job description

Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer III at our Lynnwood, WA location.

About Crane:

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You'll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Located in the epicenter of United States aviation manufacturing, our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Lynnwood, Wash., facility delivers industry-leading aerospace & defense power, sensing and fluid solutions. Our products are rugged enough to fly 5 billion miles from Earth on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft and innovative enough to be featured on Advanced Air Mobility demonstrators. You'll join a group of aerospace professionals committed to engineering excellence and work in a community tucked between the idyllic Puget Sound and Cascade Mountains. Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!

Job Summary:

The Systems Engineer III works with minimal supervision and uses originality, ingenuity and established procedures to perform engineering duties in researching, planning, designing, and developing products for use in the Aerospace or Electronics marketplace. The Engineer III works on new product designs, modernization, and upgrades, as well as performs extensive analyses to ensure cost, quality, and customer requirements. The Systems Engineer III also uses computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment to perform daily assignments, applying principles of science and mathematics to develop economical solutions to technical problems.

Essential Functions:

• Work effectively with all functional groups to achieve product performance and cost targets. Build quality and manufacturability into the design. Define/understand/comply with company and regulatory guidelines to assure a safe operating environment.
• Support continuous process improvement activities including Kaizen, 5S practices to ensure an organized and efficient working environment, and personal development.
• Demonstrate proficiency with verbal and written English for technical reports, presentations, analyses, or other communications at the appropriate level throughout the organization.
• Understand, decompose, and define product and process requirements to support product development, sustaining and R&D.
• Plan, estimate, prioritize, and manage work activities to support meeting project schedules and budgets.
• Utilizeexperience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Produce thorough and accurate design and development work of suitable complexity that meets all customer specifications and company requirements for schedule, cost,producibility, quality, and reliability.
• Utilize proficient problem solving processes, documentation, tools and analyses to quickly and effectively identify root cause and corrective actions to technical challenges and/or issuein support of product development and product sustaining assignments
• Generate and review product development documentation including proposals, technical reports, procedures, correspondence, etc. necessary to satisfy customer and program requirements.
• Self-directed and motivated while working and communicating effectively within a team environment that consists of several engineering, operations, quality, and business disciplines.
• Provide support of IPT activities in collaboration with other technical, operations, quality, and business disciplines.
• Contribute to all Systems Engineering aspects (architecture and components) from initial product research, architecture definition, requirements definition, requirements validation, systems verification, management and flow down to functional engineering groups
• Experience leading system development activities following industry recognized processes (e.g. ARP4754)
• Lead the development of System Safety analyses such as reliability predictions, Failure Modes and Effect Analyses, Fault Tree Analysis, Common Mode Analysis and Single Event Upset analysis (ARP4761)
• Participate in the certification compliance activities of essential and critical level control systems for aircraft applications
• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management

Eligibility Requirement:

This position may require access to Controlled Data or Information. Where the position requires such access only US Persons will be considered. As a US Department of Defense contractor, we are bound by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience: 5 years of relevant work experience

Education/Certification: BA or BS Degree in an engineering discipline. Masters or PhD preferred.

Knowledge:

• Experience of system development following industry recognized processes (e.g. ARP4754)
• Familiarity with DO1