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

Who We Are:

The Strategic Aerospace Department (SAD) provides aerospace related research, development, production, test and/or support to new products, sustainment, and modernization programs for the DoD industry, Allies, and U.S. Government.

Objectives of this Role:

• Design architectures within a Real Time Operating System (RTOS) environment and then lead a multi-disciplinary team to develop, integrate, and test complex Avionics/Aerospace systems.
• Work collaboratively to establish hardware requirements for complex flight worthy avionics and/or aerospace hardware.
• Interact directly with clients and company staff to establish system requirements and architectures to meet client expectations.
• Support Department management in specific marketing activities, writing proposals, and developing product/technology roadmaps.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Develop complex embedded avionics for new, sustainment and modernization programs.
• Develop, integrate, and test firmware within complex embedded avionics. This may include leading a multi-disciplinary team.
• Meet with internal and external customers to establish technical requirements and facilitate development of specification documents and system architectures.
• Lead trade analyses / studies within and across the relevant domains.
• Support department roadmaps, IRAD's, marketing, and Strategic planning.
• Work with stakeholders to allocate functions to systems/ functional components functions and develop those allocations into requirements.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent Engineering degree with related experience.
• 8+ years: Experience developing, deriving, allocating and testing complex avionics requirements. Experience implementing RTOS’s (preferred Green Hills, VxWorks)
• Experience designing architectures.
• Preferred experience in the embedded development of typical avionic buses (PCIe, 429, ethernet, 1553, etc), C++ and C. Preferred experience and understanding of business and engineering activities/disciplines in Avionics development.
• Preferred experience with creating and implementing cyber requirements. Preferred experience with integrating hardware and debugging within a lab environment utilizing equipment such as logic analyzers, power supplies, etc.
• A valid/clear driver's license is required.