Ethernet Systems Engineer
About The Position
As an Ethernet Systems Engineer supporting avionics modifications, you will perform tasks across the full lifecycle-design, development, testing, fielding, and sustainment-of weapon systems. You will serve as a technical lead for high-performance Ethernet environments, ensuring that aircraft network architectures are scalable, compliant with airworthiness standards, and optimized for high-throughput data. Key Responsibilities System Design & Compliance: Generate product specifications and functional diagrams. Conduct airworthiness assignments to obtain compliance artifacts and provide risk assessments when compliance is not achievable. Network Engineering: Establish and implement an overarching Ethernet design and maintenance philosophy. Manage high-throughput network environments (at or near 10 Gb/sec) based on IEEE 802.3 standards. Testing & Analysis: Perform physical layer validation and packet-level performance analysis. Identify and mitigate packet loss, collisions, and network degradation. Documentation & Briefings: Develop requirements documentation, white papers, and design review data. Clearly communicate test strategies and performance findings to stakeholders through briefings and reports. Continuous Improvement: Develop or enhance custom network test tools and translate test data into actionable network improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent work experience).
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in systems engineering.
- Proven experience with high-speed Ethernet networking, including design, implementation, and troubleshooting in high-performance environments.
Nice To Haves
- Master's Degree in Engineering.
- 8+ years of experience specifically with F-16 avionics systems.
- Strong understanding of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards, including physical layer considerations and protocol behavior.
Responsibilities
- Generate product specifications and functional diagrams.
- Conduct airworthiness assignments to obtain compliance artifacts and provide risk assessments when compliance is not achievable.
- Establish and implement an overarching Ethernet design and maintenance philosophy.
- Manage high-throughput network environments (at or near 10 Gb/sec) based on IEEE 802.3 standards.
- Perform physical layer validation and packet-level performance analysis.
- Identify and mitigate packet loss, collisions, and network degradation.
- Develop requirements documentation, white papers, and design review data.
- Clearly communicate test strategies and performance findings to stakeholders through briefings and reports.
- Develop or enhance custom network test tools and translate test data into actionable network improvements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
