Principal Engineer - Systems Engineering

AeroVironment • Huntsville, AL

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About The Position

The Principal Engineer - Systems Engineering works with our Design team to develop a missile system for defense applications. This position will interact with the other engineering disciplines as well as suppliers to allocate/develop/evaluate requirements as well as maintain development schedules. These development efforts will generally be small focused design teams, which will require engineers to use a range of skills and tools across traditional engineering, computer science, and mathematical disciplines. Because of the nature of the development efforts, the engineer will need to work on a variety of stages of development including requirements definition, concept design, prototyping, detailed design, validation and verification testing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 10-12 years of experience in a systems engineering role (Aerospace systems engineering preferred)
• 4-7 years of experience in applying Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to design.
• 5-7 years of experience with Cameo or 5 yrs of Software creation experience.
• Has managed requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
• Provided an effective weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down
• Allocated requirements to subsystem & engineering coordination
• Evaluated system performance thresholds and providing direction
• Developed instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition
• Provided input for model development and simulation analysis
• Strong Matlab skills and is proficient with office software and computer based productivity tools
• Familiarity with electronics and systems related to image collection and analysis
• Has developed systems test plans, procedures, and reports and reviewed and interpreted specifications
• Writing Systems Safety protocols and ensuring personnel safety during field testing
• Must be eligible to obtain a Secret security clearance
• Must be able to travel within the Continental U.S. and internationally when required.
• ITAR Requirement: This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree is preferred
• 10+ years of experience with Cameo
• 7+ years of experience successfully applying MOSA or 7+ yrs of experience creating Software
• Understanding and experience applying MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-1316, JTOP-052, and AOP 52
• Experience using JAMA and JIRA preferred
• Taking a product from concept to production with contract manufacturers is a plus
• Exposure to Guidance Navigation and Control Systems along with Modeling Simulation & Control and Model-Based Systems Engineering is helpful but not required
• Knowledge of Simulink, Ansys and Solidworks preferred
• Proficiency with C/C++ and Matlab
• Possesses an interest in creating Architectures using Model Based Engineering tools.
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
• Has effective problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Consistently demonstrates teamwork, collaboration and puts the success of the team above one's own interests
• Secret or Top Secret clearance, or the ability obtain a clearance is desired.

Responsibilities

• Support requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
• Provide weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down
• Allocate requirements to subsystem & engineering coordination
• Manage/facilitate supplier efforts to support the design cycle and test events
• Evaluate system performance thresholds and providing direction
• Provide input for model development and simulation analysis
• Review and interpret customer specification effectively
• Identifies, analyzes and resolves system design weaknesses. Influences the shaping of future products by contributing to the framework (architecture) used across multiple products or systems
• Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles
• Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Determine methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel (Team Lead and cross-functional partnerships)
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.
• For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level