Avionics Systems Architect

4 weeks ago
Full-time
Lead
IoT and Embedded Systems
ERG Recruiting

ERG Recruiting

ERG Recruiting specializes in executive search, recruiting, and placement services across various industries, offering customized hiring solutions to meet the dynamic business needs and long-term growth objectives of its clients.

Professional Services
1-10

Description

  • Own the end-to-end avionics architecture for the autonomous aircraft.
  • Define the avionics system across mission computers, navigation, communications, surveillance, and payload interfaces.
  • Select network topologies and define redundancy, partitioning, and data flows.
  • Lead integration with avionics suppliers and subcontractors as the primary technical point of contact.
  • Develop and manage SOWs, technical requirements, ICDs, and acceptance criteria.
  • Review vendor designs, safety artifacts, and test results, and hold vendors accountable to cost, schedule, and technical performance.
  • Ensure the system is designed to meet FAA airworthiness and certification requirements.
  • Support system safety efforts, including system-level requirements, FHA, PSSA, SSA, and certification plans.
  • Develop system-level test plans, HIL/LRU integration plans, and test objectives.
  • Partner with autonomy, GNC, flight controls, and cyber teams to support resilient autonomous operations.
  • Work with test and flight teams to investigate anomalies, perform root-cause analysis, and feed fixes back into the architecture.
  • Communicate architecture decisions, risks, mitigations, and tradeoffs to leadership.

Requirements

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of relevant experience in avionics systems design and integration on certificated aircraft.
  • Hands-on FAA certification experience with some combination of ARP 4754A, ARP 4761, DO-178C, DO-254, DO-160, and Part 23 or Part 25 projects.
  • Strong systems engineering fundamentals, including requirements development, ICDs, safety analysis, and verification planning.
  • Demonstrated experience integrating avionics LRUs, networks, and sensors in a lab or flight-test environment.
  • Proven experience leading and managing subcontractors or vendors.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to present architecture and certification status to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • U.S. Person status and eligibility to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
  • Experience with defense-focused avionics or mission systems such as Link-16, SATCOM, tactical radios, radar, or EO/IR is preferred.
  • Prior work on UAS, optionally piloted, or highly autonomous aircraft is preferred.
  • Familiarity with GRA, MOSA, or SOSA standards and modular open-systems architectures is preferred.
  • MBSE experience with SysML and Cameo/MagicDraw linking avionics design to the digital thread is preferred.
  • FAA DER and/or E-UM Ticket in applicable Airworthiness Standards is preferred.

Interested in this position?

Apply directly on the company website

Apply Now

Similar Roles

Software Engineer - Undersea Dominance

Anduril Industries 1K-5K Aerospace & Defense

Anduril Industries is hiring a Software Engineer for its Maritime Division to develop software for autonomous maritime systems across the full product lifecycle, from design and testing to deployment and sustainment.

C++ Go Microservices React Rust TypeScript
1 day, 7 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer - Site Controller, Energy Storage

Redwood Materials 251-1K Industrial Conglomerates

Redwood Materials is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to build the site controller software that orchestrates grid-scale energy storage sites and connects distributed batteries, local assets, and cloud systems.

Docker Kubernetes Linux Python Rust
1 day, 12 hours ago

Facilities Controls Engineer

Anduril Industries 1K-5K Aerospace & Defense

Anduril Industries is seeking a Controls Engineer for its Arsenal 1 campus to own and optimize building automation and power monitoring systems that support critical facilities operations.

Cybersecurity TCP/IP
1 day, 12 hours ago

Senior Endurance Systems Engineer

Anduril Industries 1K-5K Aerospace & Defense

Anduril Industries is hiring a leader for its Maritime Division to own the energy subsystem of a maritime autonomous vehicle from concept through production, with the goal of maximizing endurance and power reliability.

1 day, 12 hours ago

You're on a roll! Sign up now to keep applying.

Sign Up

Already have an account? Log in

Used by 14,729+ remote workers