System Engineer

• Define and decompose avionics system and hardware requirements for defense aircraft and mission systems
• Develop avionics architectures including processing, I/O, power, redundancy, and data buses
• Perform system trade studies considering mission reliability, survivability, SWaP-C, and obsolescence
• Define and manage hardware interfaces and ICDs across avionics subsystems

Requirements & Configuration Management

• Author and manage system and hardware requirements using tools such as DOORS / Jama
• Maintain end-to-end traceability from requirements through verification and certification artifacts
• Support formal configuration control boards (CCB) and engineering change processes

Hardware-Focused Systems Engineering

• Provide system-level oversight for avionics LRUs, circuit cards, and power electronics
• Coordinate with electrical, FPGA, software, and mechanical teams to ensure system compliance
• Guide hardware development in alignment with DO-254 and military airworthiness guidance

Verification, Validation & Compliance

• Define and support verification and validation strategies for avionics hardware
• Review and support qualification, acceptance, and environmental testing
• Ensure compliance with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, and applicable platform standards
• Support formal technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR)

Safety, Reliability & Mission Assurance

• Support or lead safety and mission assurance activities
• Perform or review FMEA/FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis, and reliability assessments
• Support redundancy management, fault tolerance, and fail-safe / fail-operational designs
• Identify technical risks and lead mitigation actions across program phases

Integration & Sustainment

• Support avionics integration, lab bring-up, and system-level troubleshooting
• Assist with root-cause analysis of hardware/software/system issues
• Support sustainment, upgrades, and obsolescence mitigation activities
• Interface with suppliers, test organizations, and government representatives as required

Do you have experience in Electrical engineering?, A hardware-focused aerospace systems engineer combines deep electronics and hardware understanding with rigorous requirements management, safety-driven design, and full lifecycle verification within regulated aerospace environments.

• US Citizen Only
• 5 to 8 years of relevant Electrical Engineering experience

Primary Skills

• Avionics System Architecture & Definition, * Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)