Principal Avionics Systems Engineer
About The Position
The Principal Avionics Systems Engineer is a technical leader responsible for defining and delivering aircraft avionics architecture for prototype and certification aircraft programs. The scope covers flight-deck systems, displays, communications, navigation, surveillance, sensors, aircraft data networks, recording systems, and integration with Automatic Flight Control Systems, Flight Management System, Vehicle Management System, Fly-by-Wire system, hybrid-electric propulsion system, electrical power system, and other aircraft subsystems. The role leads avionics architecture development and maturation, requirements and design-baseline work, supplier technical management, and avionics integration and verification. It also addresses hybrid-electric aircraft considerations and supports safety assessments, certification evidence, and program reviews.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Electronics, Computer, Software or Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 10+ years of aerospace avionics and aircraft systems development experience, including safety-critical integrated avionics.
- Demonstrated experience progressing an avionics system from concept and architecture through requirements development, supplier design, integration, ground and flight test, and certification readiness.
- Demonstrated experience serving as an avionics architect, Principal Engineer, or technical lead.
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and technically managing avionics suppliers.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in a technical and/or management discipline preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead development and maturation of avionics architecture, functional decomposition, requirements allocation, and design baselines for prototype and certification aircraft programs.
- Establish and maintain avionics system requirements, architecture and design descriptions, Interface Control Documents, performance requirements, and bidirectional traceability.
- Coordinate with Vehicle Management System/Fly-by-Wire, Electrical, Propulsion, Safety, EWIS, Flight Test, suppliers, and certification stakeholders, closing interface gaps early.
- Address hybrid-electric aircraft considerations, including power availability, load shedding, propulsion and energy-status data, degraded operating modes, EMI/EMC, and thermal constraints.
- Serve as technical authority for avionics supplier selection, requirements flow-down, design reviews, deliverables, compliance, and issue closure.
- Evaluate supplier architectures and equipment for functional performance, interfaces, safety, environmental qualification, maintainability, and integration readiness.
- Manage technical risks, dependencies, actions, configuration changes, and supplier accountability against program milestones.
- Lead avionics integration and verification across simulation, SIL/HIL, lab, aircraft ground-test, and flight-test environments.
- Define verification methods, procedures, pass/fail criteria, coverage, and data-review expectations for system and interface requirements.
- Support FHA, PSSA, SSA, compliance plans and reports, certification evidence, SOI readiness, and SRR/IDR/PDR/CDR review packages.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
