Senior Systems Engineer

Top Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Yearly Incentive Compensation Plan
• Medical insurance for self and eligible family members
• Generous 401(k) program- up to 7% company contribution and 100% immediate vesting
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid wellness, vacation, and holiday leave
• Paid maternity, paternity, and parental leave
• 9/80 Work Schedule (every other Friday off)
• Hybrid Working Environment

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.
• Support product development teams with 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 our European divisions in the development of new products and product roadmaps capturing unique requirements for the U.S. market.
• Develop technical proposals and support cost estimations.
• Evaluate competing product and solution offerings.
• Represent Thales at relevant industry forums.
• Serve as a customer liaison, supporting design reviews and other technical interchanges.
• 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.
• Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering or related discipline.
• 8+ years as a Systems 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.
• Must have 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.
• Able to take ownership of assigned work.
• Must have experience in troubleshooting and resolution of technical problems.
• Experience in requirements definition, bidding and execution.
• Must be capable of working independently or as part of a team on assigned tasks.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. – Fluent in English.
• Ability to comply with all Company guidelines, policies, procedures and embrace Company Core Values.