Aircraft Systems Engineer - Technical Specialist II

Education and Experience Requirements

• Selects appropriate methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to resolve complex engineering issues.
• Is consulted extensively by associates and others as a recognized authority within the field.
• Anticipates and resolves complex issues in creative and effective ways, developing standards and guides for diverse engineering activities.
• Approach to problem solving balances technical product, cost and schedule.
• Works without appreciable direction; work is reviewed from a long-range perspective for desired results.
• Exercises latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments, and makes decisions and recommendations that are recognized as authoritative.
• Maintains a current knowledge of developments in the field of specialty and/or other related aircraft fields in order to recommend innovations to improve quality and effectiveness of company product.
• Advanced degree in engineering, or related curriculum preferred.
• The level of technical skill and abilities appropriate for this grade will be established by each discipline.

Unique Skills

• Knowledgeable of Systems Engineering principles of Requirements Management, Validation, Verification, Change Management, Process Assurance and Functional Integration. (ARP4754A & DO-178 experience desired)
• Knowledgeable of Model Based Systems Engineering principles, practice, methods and tools to institute within an organization
• Improve upon current Systems Engineering processes and drive their use for future projects and programs
• Create and maintain open communication channels with the aircraft system owners and management, to ensure the processes are understood and adhered in accordance with the program objectives
• Create specific milestones and deliverables that can be integrated and align with the overall program plan and schedule
• Establish the requirements management database to meet program needs and Systems Engineering guideline (IBM DOORS and/or Siemens Teamcenter experience preferred)
• Support periodic assessments of the aircraft and its systems against requirements management processes to ensure development assurance
• Collaborate on the development of new technologies to support the continuous improvement (CI) of the Systems Engineering processes
• Develop standards and guides for Systems Engineering processes and methods
• Ability to conduct and/or participate in ARP4754A audits
• Familiarity with MATLAB and System modeling desired