Principal Systems Engineer- Avionics Design & Integration

Responsibilities

• Support Business Development with customer meetings, requirements elicitation, architecture development, and systems implementation.
• Provide subject matter expertise as a project design authority of Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) systems.
• Work with product development teams on use case analysis, requirements capture and allocation, architectural analysis and design, unit level testing, integration, verification and validation efforts, and transition to manufacturing.
• Collaborate with European divisions on new product development and product roadmaps capturing unique U.S. market requirements.
• Develop technical proposals and support cost estimations.
• Evaluate competing product and solution offerings.
• Represent Thales at relevant industry forums.
• Support field installation, testing, evaluation, and troubleshooting of equipment.
• Provide technical consultation for solving design issues in HMD, Crash and Ejection safety analysis and tests.
• Provide technical consultation on emerging and adjacent markets.
• Provide technical counsel to engineering management.
• Travel up to 25% of the time.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering or related discipline.
• 8+ years as an Engineer in Aerospace (Military or Commercial) or related industry.
• Strong knowledge of Avionics products and related technology is required, Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) technology a large plus.
• Working knowledge of relevant industry standards (DO-254, DO-160, DO-178, MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-810).
• Experience integrating subsystems onto aircraft or helicopters.
• Experience working within AS9100D or similar process environments.
• Ability to take ownership of assigned work.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Fluent in English.
• Ability to comply with all Company guidelines, policies, procedures and embrace Company Core Values.