LEAD ENGINEER - PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - Avionics Engineer at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas

Job Description:

Who We Are:


The Strategic Aerospace Department (SAD) provides aerospace related research, development, production, test and/or support to new products, sustainment, and modernization programs for the DoD industry, Allies, and U.S. Government.


Objectives of this Role:

• Design architectures within a Real Time Operating System (RTOS) environment and then lead a multi-disciplinary team to develop, integrate, and test complex Avionics/Aerospace systems.


• Work collaboratively to establish hardware requirements for complex flight worthy avionics and/or aerospace hardware.


• Interact directly with clients and company staff to establish system requirements and architectures to meet client expectations.


• Support Department management in specific marketing activities, writing proposals, and developing product/technology roadmaps.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Develop complex embedded avionics for new, sustainment and modernization programs.


• Develop, integrate, and test firmware within complex embedded avionics. This may include leading a multi-disciplinary team.


• 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 the relevant domains.


• Support department roadmaps, IRAD's, marketing, and Strategic planning.


• Work with stakeholders to allocate functions to systems/ functional components functions and develop those allocations into requirements.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering , or equivalent Engineering degree with related experience.


• 8+ years: Experience developing, deriving, allocating and testing complex avionics requirements. Experience implementing RTOS's (preferred Green Hills, VxWorks)


• Experience designing architectures.


• Preferred experience in the 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.

Special Requirements:


Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.


Job Locations: San Antonio, Texas Or Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


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