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Avionics Systems Architect

4 weeks ago
United States
Full-time
Lead
Embedded Systems Engineer
IoT and Embedded Systems
Cybersecurity
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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.

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