LEAD ENGINEER - PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - Real-Time Computer Engineering Architect at Southwest Research Institute

Who We Are:

The Embedded Systems Section in the Strategic Aerospace Department provides comprehensive engineering services to projects involving the systems engineering/technology insertion, requirements generation, cybersecurity/information assurance, trade studies, design, development, maintenance and production of systems for the aerospace community, including aircraft and ground support equipment ranging from microcircuits to major subsystems.

Objectives of this Role:

• Develop, integrate, and test complex avionics/aerospace systems while implementing RTOS’s and designing architectures.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams by coordinating and allocating tasks, schedules, and earned value.
• Work collaboratively across a multi-disciplinary engineering teams to establish hardware requirements for complex flight worthy avionics 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 and writing proposals.

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 to allocate tasks with expected schedules, understand allocated budgets, and using earned value.
• Meet with internal and external customers to establish technical requirements and facilitate development of specification documents and system architectures.
• Lead trade analyses within and across the relevant domains.
• 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 related degree field.
• Shift work required.
• 9+ years: Experience developing, deriving, allocating and testing complex avionics requirements.
• Experience in the development of C++ and C.
• Experience with integrating hardware and debugging within a lab environment.
• Experience implementing RTOS’s (for example Green Hills Integrity or VxWorks).
• A valid/clear driver's license is required.