Systems Engineering Manager

As the Systems Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of talented engineers in the design, development, and integration of mission-critical systems for the Aerospace industry. This role bridges strategic technical leadership and people management, driving our product development lifecycle from initial concept to formal certification. You will be responsible for empowering your team, establishing robust engineering methodologies, and ensuring our hardware and software systems are high-performing, safe, and fully certifiable. We are recruiting for candidates willing to live and work in the Hood River, Oregon area. This is not a remote eligible position. Essential Job Functions

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of systems engineers. Allocate resources, manage workloads, and foster a collaborative, continuous-improvement culture.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of robust requirements using ANPC’s management processes for safety-critical systems. Define internal systems engineering processes and optimize workflows.
• Guide comprehensive system safety assessments to determine safety assurance levels (DALs). Ensure all team deliverables align with strict aerospace safety objectives and regulatory standards.
• Build the strategy for integrated software and hardware architectures. Lead high-level system partitioning, interface definitions, and complex use-case development across programs.
• Oversee top-down and bottom-up traceability from requirements to final verification. Review and approve system verification test plans, execution strategies, and documentation.
• As the primary technical liaison between systems engineering and other multi-disciplinary engineering functions, ensure system and high-level requirements are properly allocated and aligned.
• Provide direct support and leadership during formal certification activities, acting as a key point of contact for regulatory compliance.
• Partner with other engineering managers to help them craft well-formed low-level requirements appropriate for their discipline.
• Partner with customer-facing executives to solidify big, audacious, and sometimes ambiguous statements of fact about the future state of our products.

Do you have experience in Supervising experience?, Do you have a Bachelor’s degree?, * BS degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Master’s degree or leadership certifications preferred.

• At least 7+ years of professional systems engineering experience in the aerospace or defense sector, with a minimum of 2+ years in a formal leadership, supervisory, or management role.
• Proven professional experience navigating product certifications; FAA certification experience is highly preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics

• Deep understanding of the systems engineering V-model lifecycle and safety-critical system development.
• Proven ability to oversee the partitioning of complex hardware and software architectures.
• Exceptional ability to interpret complex technical documents (contracts, manuals, corporate documents) and communicate effectively with executive management, regulatory bodies, customers, and internal teams.
• A positive, proactive approach to solving complex technical and organizational challenges, with a commitment to embedding company values into team culture.

Nice to have:

• Demonstrated experience in software development and a familiarity with software architecture.
• Practical experience managing programs to specific software/hardware/safety development guidelines, specifically:
• Software: RTCA DO-178C / RTCA DO-278A
• Hardware: RTCA DO-254
• Safety/Systems: ARP4761A

Due to the sensitive nature of the information and projects handled at this facility, this position requires U.S. citizenship. Candidates must be U.S. citizens to be considered for this role. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for sitting, walking or standing for periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; talk and hear at normal room levels; using hands to finger, grasp, and feel; repetitive motion; close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; lift, push, carry, or pull up to 20 pounds. While traveling, work will be conducted outdoors, which may involve exposure to varying weather conditions including rain, snow, heat and cold. The role may require physical activity including lifting equipment, climbing ladders and navigating uneven terrain.

Pulled from the full job description

• Pet insurance
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Health savings account
• Dental insurance, In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:
• 401(k) plan with match with immediate vesting.
• Comprehensive suite of insurance benefits for employees (and their families) to include a variety of medical plan options (including an HSA with employer contribution), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Legal/Identity support plans, pet insurance.
• Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care).
• Generous paid time off including 4 weeks of vacation per year, 11 paid company holidays, which includes a winter company shutdown from Christmas to New Year’s.