Avionics Engineer - ASL - Open Rank

About the role

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is seeking an Avionics Engineer for a full-time research faculty position. The Applied Systems Lab (ASL) Autonomy Technology Transition Division (ATTD) conducts research supporting sponsors across the Department of Defense and focuses on autonomous uncrewed aircraft programs.

Responsibilities

• Decompose, develop, and allocate requirements into system-of-systems performance design criteria.
• Collaborate to develop technical solutions and ensure products meet allocated requirements and design criteria as well as comply with military, safety, and security standards.
• Integrate and test system components in a laboratory or on-aircraft environment and analyze data to determine if system requirements are met and identify deficiencies.
• Develop technical reports, specifications, memos, and diagrams detailing product or system attributes.
• Begin to participate in sponsor engagement contacts.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Linux and embedded systems.
• Experience developing complex, software-intensive, systems using system engineering processes and methodologies.
• Experience designing/developing software-based systems that integrate multiple subsystems, and/or integrate multiple software applications and hardware.
• Experience integrating and troubleshooting systems to determine functional correctness, completeness, and/or effectiveness.
• Experience developing, integrating, and/or sing unmanned autonomous robotic system capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance.
• Experience processing and analyzing data with tools such as Python or R.
• Experience with avionic data buses (e.g., MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, Ethernet, RS-422, etc.), tactical data links (e.g., Link-16), military radios, and open systems architecture frameworks (e.g., FACE™ and OMS/UCI).
• Experience using Model-Based System Engineering (SysML) to design systems (e.g., use cases, behavior, interfaces, data models).
• Additional DoDAF experience is a plus.
• Experience working in a full-lifecycle agile and/or digital engineering environment.
• Experience supporting field ss to troubleshoot and solve problems.
• Experience designing secure and safe system solutions.
• Experience developing/designing complex, software-intensive, military unmanned air systems (UAS/UAV).
• Experience developing autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/UAV).
• Experience developing autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USV), unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), unmanned under systems (UUV).
• Experience with Modular Open System Approach (MOSA).
• Knowledge of the operational use models of military UAS.
• Knowledge of FAA and Military regulations.

Additional Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate new capabilities and subsystems into military systems, including the design of inter-software interfaces, inter subsystem interfaces (e.g., data, interconnects, messaging, middleware), aircraft to subsystem integration, pilot vehicle interface and s/instrumentation systems integration.
• Execute on assigned projects and systems including keeping up to date on use cases, system capabilities, system interfaces, engineering tools, and road maps for current and future updates.
• Contribute to a specific engineering specialty (e.g. safety engineering, hardware/software interface, digital engineering).
• Isolate hardware and software component anomalies.
• Analyze flight and laboratory data to ensure system requirements are satisfied.
• Develop scripts and tools to analyze flight and laboratory data.
• Ensure that all technical work is developed to meet military, safety, and security standards.
• Design and manage the laboratory configurations for assigned projects.

Qualifications

• This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook.
• Two years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related field of study.
• No years of related experience with a Masters’ degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related field of study.

Benefits

Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://benefits.hr.gatech.edu/.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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