Senior Systems Engineer

• Lead the design, development, verification, and integration activities of avionics systems, ensuring they meet performance requirements and applicable safety standards.
• Apply the full systems design V-model, from requirements definition through implementation, verification, and validation.
• Develop, analyze, and manage system requirements, ensuring traceability and alignment with customer and regulatory needs.
• Create and maintain system models to support architecture definition, design decisions, and system-level analysis.
• Perform safety analysis activities to identify, assess, and mitigate system risks throughout the development lifecycle.
• Lead discussions on system and software architecture definition, conducting trade studies to evaluate technical options and make informed design decisions.
• Drive multi-disciplinary integration problem solving, working closely with hardware, software, reliability, and program management teams.
• Develop verification procedures and test plans, and support or execute system and integration testing.

• Bachelor’s degree in systems, electrical, software, computer engineering or another relevant related technical discipline.
• Minimum five years’ of experience in a systems engineering role.
• Experience with requirements management and change tracking tools such as DOORS, ADO, etc.
• Experience with regulatory design guidelines; examples including ARP4754A, DO-178b/c, DO-254, DO-160.
• Experience with avionics communication protocols including MIL-STD_1553, ARINC 429, ARINC 664, and Ethernet.
• Eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Open to occasional travel as needed.

Desired

• Master’s degree in systems, electrical, software, computer engineering or another relevant related technical discipline.
• Ten plus years’ experience in a systems engineering role.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Tucson, AZ.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $85.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: * Medical, dental & vision * Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital * 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available * Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) * Short and long-term disability * Health Spending Account (HSA) * Transportation benefits * Employee Assistance Program * Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.