LEAD ENGINEER - PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - Avionics Architect at Southwest Research Institute

Who We Are:

The Tactical Aerospace Department provides world-class research, design, services, and support to the DOD market. We provide avionics and payload/mission equipment for airborne systems and solutions to legacy issues for the DoD industry, Allies, and U.S. Government.

Objectives of this Role:

• Architect and design multi-partition, multi-DAL systems within a ARINC 653 environment.
• Lead teams to develop complex microprocessor based avionics/mission/payload LRU's through the full development cycle (Requirements, design, integrate, test, qualify, flight test, etc).

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Collaboratively work with teams to develop avionics grade systems for airborne and ground systems. These teams consist of core disciplines across Systems, Electrical, Software, Firmware, and Mechanical engineering.
• Mentor, guide, and develop complex embedded systems.
• Development includes the full life cycle from requirements and architectures through V&V and integration.
• Support Department management in specific marketing activities, writing proposals, and developing product/technology roadmaps.
• Interact directly with clients and company staff to establish requirements and architectures to meet client expectations.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent engineering degree.
• 8+ years: Experience designing embedded architecture designs within a RTOS multi partition, multi DO-178 DAL environment. Experience with RTOS (Green Hills or DDC-I DEOS) development environment as well as LDRA. Experience with C/C++
• 2-5 years: Experience leading development and test engineering teams to meet program needs.
• Knowledge/experience with SOSA, FACE, Big Iron preferred.
• Experience with DO-178 processes and artifacts.
• Experience with BSP and driver development including communication buses (ethernet, PCIe, 1553, etc).
• Experience with integrating software onto hardware and debugging within a lab environment utilizing equipment such as logic analyzers, power supplies, etc.
• A valid/clear driver's license is required.