Lead Avionics Development Engineer

6 days ago


San Antonio, Texas, United States Southwest Research Institute Full time

Job Summary:

The Senior Avionics Systems Engineer will lead the design and development of complex avionics systems for aerospace applications. This role requires a strong background in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field, with a minimum of 8 years of experience in avionics development.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop architectures for avionics systems within a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) environment.
  • Lead a multi-disciplinary team to develop, integrate, and test complex avionics systems.
  • Collaborate with clients and company staff to establish system requirements and architectures.
  • Support department management in marketing activities, proposal writing, and product/technology roadmapping.
  • Develop complex embedded avionics for new, sustainment, and modernization programs.
  • Develop, integrate, and test firmware within complex embedded avionics.
  • Meet with internal and external customers to establish technical requirements and facilitate development of specification documents and system architectures.
  • Lead trade analyses/studies within and across relevant domains.
  • Support department roadmaps, IRADs, marketing, and strategic planning.
  • Work with stakeholders to allocate functions to systems/functional components and develop those allocations into requirements.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent engineering degree with related experience.
  • 8+ years of experience developing, deriving, allocating, and testing complex avionics requirements.
  • Experience implementing RTOSs (preferably Green Hills, VxWorks).
  • Experience designing architectures.
  • Preferred experience in embedded development of typical avionic buses (PCIe, 429, Ethernet, 1553, etc.), C++, and C.
  • Preferred experience and understanding of business and engineering activities/disciplines in avionics development.
  • Preferred experience with creating and implementing cyber requirements.
  • Preferred experience with integrating hardware and debugging within a lab environment utilizing equipment such as logic analyzers, power supplies, etc.
  • A valid/clear driver's license is required.


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