Lead Systems Engineer - Flight Management Computing
About The Position
GE Aerospace is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to support our Flight Management Computing programs. In this role, you will lead systems engineering activities across a portfolio of advanced avionics platforms, driving alignment between customer needs, technical requirements, product design, integration, and verification. This is a highly collaborative, cross-functional role for an engineer who thrives in complex development environments and can balance platform commonality with program-specific needs across both military and civil applications. You will work closely with software, hardware, and program teams to ensure robust system definition, disciplined execution, and successful product integration from concept through production and operation. The ideal candidate brings strong systems thinking, technical leadership, and sound engineering judgment, with the ability to influence decisions, manage tradeoffs, and drive execution across multidisciplinary teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in systems engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- This position requires U.S. citizenship status.
Nice To Haves
- Strong background in systems engineering principles, including requirements management, integration, verification, and validation.
- Experience working in cross-functional engineering teams involving software, hardware, and program leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical efforts, influence stakeholders, and drive execution in a complex product environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound decisions using engineering judgment and data.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and organizational boundaries.
- Experience with technical trade studies, risk management, and configuration control.
- Proven ability to document plans, manage priorities, and execute projects successfully.
Responsibilities
- Lead systems engineering efforts for Flight Management Computing programs across military and civil platforms.
- Manage cross-platform commonality and program-specific system requirements to enable scalable, high-quality product solutions.
- Own and drive requirements development, allocation, traceability, verification, and validation activities.
- Partner closely with software and hardware teams to ensure system requirements are fully understood, implemented, and verified.
- Lead system integration activities across components, subsystems, and products to maximize performance, operability, and product quality.
- Define and manage system and product requirements, specifications, and requirements flow-down to internal teams, suppliers, subcontractors, and partners.
- Drive system-level verification and validation, including support for integration and test strategy development.
- Manage key interfaces between components, teams, and execution organizations to ensure seamless product development and integration.
- Lead risk, trade study, and CTQ decision-making to optimize system design and program execution.
- Support configuration management and configuration control activities across the product lifecycle.
- Apply technical expertise and data-driven analysis to solve moderately complex engineering challenges and recommend practical solutions.
- Serve as a technical resource and mentor for less experienced engineers, while helping build alignment and consensus across teams.
- Contribute to functional best practices, continuous improvement, and technical strategy within the systems engineering discipline.
Benefits
- Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace
- Employee Assistance Program
- GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
- access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants
- tuition assistance
- adoption assistance
- paid parental leave
- disability insurance
- life insurance
- paid time-off for vacation or illness
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
