Avionics Senior Systems Engineer (Onsite)
About The Position
Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to develop avionics features for OEM aircraft platforms. The role spans systems design, development, integration, testing, delivery, flight-test support, and certification. The engineer will work in an Agile team environment, learn aircraft systems in depth, and help design safety into systems under development. There is potential to become an Integrated Product Team (IPT) leader. The position involves gathering and allocating OEM requirements, developing system architectures and human-machine interface requirements, creating and reviewing design approaches, and verifying and validating requirements. The engineer will prepare certification artifacts, participate in customer audits, investigate software and hardware issues, and support scope, schedule, cost, and cross-functional engineering coordination. The role is onsite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 5 years of prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and 3 years of prior relevant experience.
- Experience in major aspects of avionics systems engineering development.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a technical leadership role.
- Experience in avionics certification, including DO-178B/C and ARP4754.
- Understanding of and experience with Hardware DO-160 and EMI/ENV qualification.
- Project engineering experience.
- Understanding of FAA FARs and Advisory Circulars.
- Agile process experience.
- Experience using JIRA, JAMA, DOORS, and other engineering process tools.
- Private Pilot License; IFR rating is a plus.
- Drone flight certification.
Responsibilities
- Perform engineering work across the development life cycle, from systems design through testing and delivery.
- Capture requirements from aircraft Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
- Decompose and allocate requirements to appropriate Collins Aerospace domains.
- Create design approaches and prototypes.
- Lead presentations and reviews of design approaches with internal teams and OEMs.
- Create test procedures and analysis methods to verify and validate requirements.
- Complete certification artifacts, including Systems Certification Summaries, TSO compliance reports, and process compliance documentation.
- Interpret and participate in ARP-4754 customer audits.
- Answer customer questions and investigate issues related to software and hardware delivered to OEMs.
- Investigate root causes of issues identified during flight tests and in-service aircraft operations.
- Support management of scope, schedule, and cost while optimizing engineering resources.
- Support cross-functional integrated product team development involving Collins engineering subject matter experts and customer engineers.
- Communicate engineering design solutions orally and in writing to customers, engineers, technicians, pilots, and leadership.
- Develop systems architecture and human-machine interface requirements for new aircraft development.
- Perform Change Impact Analysis for HIRF and Lightning qualification (DO-160).
- Support flight-test campaigns and completion of certification activities.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and a separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
- Student Loan Repayment Program.
- Life insurance and disability coverage.
- Optional pet, home, auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and identity theft protection coverage.
- Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits.
- Carrot health benefits for hormonal health, fertility, and family building.
- Adoption Assistance.
- Autism Benefit.
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
- Healthy You Incentives wellness rewards program.
- Doctor on Demand virtual doctor visits.
- Bright Horizons child and elder care services.
- Teladoc Medical Experts second opinion program.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Employee Scholar Program.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Potential eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs; payments are not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
