System Engineer (Aircraft, Avionics)

Responsibilities

• Develop, decompose, and allocate system requirements supporting complex aviation and defense programs.
• Conduct logical and functional decomposition activities to support system architecture development.
• Support architecture synthesis and documentation for complex aircraft systems and mission capabilities.
• Ensure verification and validation activities meet established success criteria; review test directives, procedures, and test philosophy documentation.
• Support FAA and military certification activities across multiple aircraft platforms.
• Perform systems analysis activities including Technical Performance Measures (TPMs), risk management, issue resolution, opportunity assessments, and SEIT metrics reporting.
• Participate in technical reviews, customer meetings, design reviews, and cross-functional working groups.
• Develop and maintain architecture models, requirements databases, system specifications, and technical reports.
• Collaborate directly with customer organizations to ensure technical alignment and mission success.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to team members regarding engineering processes, best practices, and deliverable quality.
• Support periodic domestic travel for customer and supplier engagements.
• Utilize MBSE and engineering tools including MSOSA, CAMEO, Rhapsody, DOORS, 3DX, and TeamCenter.

Requirements

• Develop, decompose, and allocate system requirements supporting complex aviation and defense programs.
• Conduct logical and functional decomposition activities to support system architecture development.
• Support architecture synthesis and documentation for complex aircraft systems and mission capabilities.
• Ensure verification and validation activities meet established success criteria; review test directives, procedures, and test philosophy documentation.
• Support FAA and military certification activities across multiple aircraft platforms.
• Perform systems analysis activities including Technical Performance Measures (TPMs), risk management, issue resolution, opportunity assessments, and SEIT metrics reporting.
• Participate in technical reviews, customer meetings, design reviews, and cross-functional working groups.
• Develop and maintain architecture models, requirements databases, system specifications, and technical reports.
• Collaborate directly with customer organizations to ensure technical alignment and mission success.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to team members regarding engineering processes, best practices, and deliverable quality.
• Support periodic domestic travel for customer and supplier engagements.
• Utilize MBSE and engineering tools including MSOSA, CAMEO, Rhapsody, DOORS, 3DX, and TeamCenter.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline.
• 2+ years of related engineering experience.
• Experience with system architecture development and modeling tools such as CAMEO, MSOSA, or Rhapsody.
• Experience using requirements management tools, including IBM DOORS.
• Experience supporting requirements verification and validation activities.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of related engineering experience.
• Strong systems thinking, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Experience developing Interface Control Documents (ICDs), logical architectures, requirements specifications, and Statements of Work (SSOWs).
• Experience with risk, issue, and opportunity management processes.
• Experience supporting Systems Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), and Critical Design Reviews (CDR).
• Experience supporting systems integration and testing activities in laboratory, ground, and flight environments.
• Experience with FAA, EASA, and military airworthiness certification efforts.
• INCOSE Certification preferred.

Pay

$130,000 - $140,000+ based on experience and qualifications

Schedule

100% onsite