Systems Engineer, Sr. Staff

AeroVironment, Inc.; California (MO); On-site; USD 147,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Staff Systems Engineer to join our design team.

You will work across controls, architecture, and simulation to drive development of unmanned systems for defense and commercial platforms. Expect involvement from requirements definition through validation and verification, including modeling, testing, and documentation. You will lead cross-functional teams, allocate requirements, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring compliance with safety and program

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, CS/Engineering, Electrical, Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering required or equivalent.
• 12–15 years of systems engineering experience, aerospace preferred.
• Proficiency with C/C++ and Matlab.
• Experience with requirements traceability through the full SDLC.
• Experience in developing system test plans and reports.

Responsibilities

• Oversee requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle.
• Provide weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down.
• Allocate requirements to subsystem & engineering coordination.
• Evaluate system performance thresholds and provide direction.
• Develop instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition.
• Provide input for model development and simulation analysis.
• Develop systems test plans, procedures and reports.
• Review and interpret customer specifications effectively.
• Identify, analyze and resolve system design weaknesses and influence architecture.
• Work independently on new or special assignments and mentor others.

Skills

C/C++

Matlab

Systems engineering

Requirements traceability

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Simulink

Ansys

Solidworks

Python

ROS

Job description

Worker Type

Regular

Job Description

Summary

The Sr. Staff Systems Engineer works with our Design team to develop a variety of innovative Unmanned Systems for defense and commercial applications. This position will interact with Controls Engineers to allocate requirements and develop architectures to drive simulation models. These development efforts will generally be small focused design teams, which will require engineers to use a range of skills and tools across traditional engineering, computer science, and mathematical disciplines. Because of the nature of the development efforts, the engineer will need to work on a variety of stages of development including requirements definition, concept design, prototyping, detailed design, validation and verification testing.

Position Responsibilities

• Oversee requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
• Provide weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down
• Allocate requirements to subsystem & engineering coordination
• Evaluate system performance thresholds and providing direction
• Develops instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition
• Provide input for model development and simulation analysis
• Develop systems test plans, procedures and reports
• Review and interpret customer specification effectively
• Identifies, analyzes and resolves system design weaknesses. Influences the shaping of future products by contributing to the framework (architecture) used across multiple products or systems
• Work on significant issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles
• Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments
• Provide guidance and mentorship to others in both their discipline and on company values
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• Bachelors in Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 12 - 15 years of experience in a systems engineering role (Aerospace systems engineering preferred)
• Proficiency with C/C++ and Matlab required
• Has managed requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
• Demonstrated prior experience in providing effective weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down
• Has developed systems test plans, procedures and reports and reviewed and interpreted specifications
• Experienced in writing Systems Safety protocols and ensuring personnel safety during field testing
• Strong Matlab skills and is proficient with office software and computer based productivity tools
• Familiarity with electronics and systems related to image collection and analysis
• Ability and interest in creating Architectures using Model Based Engineering tools

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Advanced degree is preferred
• Experienced in taking a product from concept to production with contract manufacturers is preferred
• Knowledge of Simulink, Ansys and Solidworks preferred
• Exposure to Guidance Navigation and Control Systems along with Modeling Simulation and Control is preferred. Exposure to Model Based Systems Engineering is helpful but not required
• Understanding of Aircraft Terminology is a plus as is familiarity with Python or ROS (Robot Operating System) a plus
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
• Has effective problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Focuses on teamwork, collaboration and puts the success of the team above one's own interests

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment (Constant)
• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

Clearance Level: No Clearance

The salary range for this role is:

$147,000 - $224,250

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills.

ITAR Requirement

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations ("ITAR") and/or the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR"). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and