LEAD ANALYST - LEAD ENGINEER - PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - Systems Engineer/Systems Architect at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas

Job Description:

Who We Are:


The Tactical Aerospace Department is a premier supplier for aerospace quality technology on new and legacy DoD systems. This includes avionics, mission LRU's, flight worthy payloads, ground aerospace systems, and cutting edge third generation AI/ML for DoD platforms.


Objectives of this Role:

• Responsible to develop System level and LRU Architectures.


• Guide multi-disciplinary engineering teams to develop hardware and firmware for complex flight worthy avionics/mission LRU's/payload hardware.


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


• Provide technical project leadership throughout each program.


• Utilize Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes to support system designs/architectures.


• Support department management in specific marketing activities, proposal development of embedded avionics programs, and in the development of product/technical roadmaps.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Perform as a System Engineer over embedded avionics/aerospace programs.


• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to develop, integrate, and test complex flight worthy systems. This includes electrical, mechanical, firmware, data pipelines, data science, and AI/ML.


• Meet with internal and external customers to establish system technical requirements and facilitate development of specification documents and system architectures.


• Lead trade analyses within and across the relevant domains.


• Work with stakeholders to allocate functions to components/systems and develop those allocations into requirements for the engineers, designers, and managers to design, develop, integrate and test.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics or related with related experience.


• 8+ years: Experience developing, deriving, and allocating tiered Systems Engineering requirements in Avionics applications/LRU's.


• Broad, basic understanding of engineering activities/disciplines in avionics development (e.g. Systems, Hardware Development, Firmware, Integration, Testing, Bid and Proposal efforts, CONOPS, Qualification, Certification, System Safety, FMEA, Lab activities, etc).


• Experience developing Architectures and basic/Intermediate experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE).


• 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


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