Mission System Design Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Support all phases of development from initial proposal development through successful design, qualification, integration testing, flight test, and production.

Specific experience with some or all of the following:

• Targeting, Weapons, EO/IR Sensors, Radars, HUD/HMD, Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) and/or Autonomous Teaming
• Communications Systems: VHF/UHF, SATCOM, TCDL, ICS
• Navigation: EGI, GPS, IFF, ADS-B, TCAS, ILS, TACAN, Radar Altimeter, Air Data, TF/TA
• Modular Open Systems Architectures, Model Based Systems Engineering, Open Standards (e.g. Future Avionics Capability Environment (FACE), Hardware Open Systems Technologies (HOST), Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA))
• Creation of system architecture and system schematics.
• Creation of system performance specifications, interface control documents, and test plans/procedures.
• Development of test requirements to drive systems integration lab and flight test aircraft instrumentation design
• Perform hardware and software integration testing of multiple systems operating together in a systems integration lab  

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering preferred; Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) discipline required

Position Requirements:

• Experience at all levels will be considered with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience; 10-14 years preferred.
• Preferred experience in military platform avionics and mission system integration.
• Experience with qualification to standards such as RTCA DO-160, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-883, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-464, RTCA DO-178, and RTCA DO-254, 
• Familiarity with System Safety Assessments and Failure Hazard Analysis

Preferred skills:

• Demonstrated engineering intuition, critical thinking, comfort with ambiguity
• Strong oral and written skills as this position involves working with a diverse team of experienced professionals; customers and suppliers
• Coordinate between engineering teams, suppliers and customers.
• Work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams to define cross-functional interfaces and conduct air vehicle level trade studies as designs move from concept to production
• Collaborating with engineers from other disciplines to include electrical power, flight controls, propulsion, airframe structures, rotors, fuel, hydraulics and drive systems
• Analyze and resolve hardware/software integration issues as they arise
• Must be eligible for obtaining and maintaining a U.S. DoD Secret Clearance