Systems Engineering Lead, Thunder

What you'll do

• Apply systems engineering processes and maintain system architecture, decomposition, and design artifacts.
• Support design reviews, technical performance tracking, verification and validation, and test planning.
• Coordinate integration, configuration management, safety, and prototype ground and flight testing.

What they ask for

• Bachelor degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.
• 7+ years industry Systems Engineering experience in Defense or Aerospace, including safety-critical hardware and software systems in a relevant aircraft or weapon-system domain.
• Experience eliciting customer/end-user requirements, collaborating with design teams, and developing systems engineering artifacts and verification and validation plans.
• Deep understanding of developmental, acceptance, and operational test and evaluation; eligible to obtain and hold a US security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with MBSE and SysML tools, especially Cameo Systems Modeler / MagicDraw.
• Experience integrating complex mission systems or operating HITL/SITL test benches and supporting prototype flight tests.

Pay

$167,000 — $222,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

Teamcenter, JIRA, JAMA, Cameo, Ansys, SysML, Cameo Systems Modeler / MagicDraw, Hardware In The Loop (HITL)

AI focus

The role supports development of the Thunder autonomous rotorcraft mission system and payloads; the posting does not specify AI development work.