Senior Systems Engineer - Avionics Test Engineering (Onsite)
About The Position
The Avionics Test Engineering organization is a global engineering organization responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of the manufacturing test solutions in support of the $5B Avionics strategic business unit as well as external customers including armed services and airlines both domestic and international. As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will perform analysis at all levels of the total automated test solution including concept, design, build, verification & validation, deployment, operation, maintenance and disposal. You will support technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for test systems. You will ensure the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. You will decompose customer specifications and system level requirements into sub-system requirements and generates verification criteria and plans for the requirements. You will also support the configuration process, performs functional analysis, timing analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience
- Experience with engineering development tools like DOORS, Jama, Matlab, Atlassian Collaboration Tools, and Microsoft Office 365 suite.
- Experience in requirements verification and validation, and developing verification criteria and procedures for the requirements
Nice To Haves
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve operational goals.
- Experience in requirements development including but not limited to stakeholder analysis, decomposition of systems level requirements into hardware and software sub-systems
- Good organization skills
- Experience with Agile Methodologies
- Experience with modern scripting languages (e.g. C++, Labview, Python, etc.)
- Experience with avionics industry standards, such as ARINC-429, ARINC-661 (display interface),ARINC-664 (AFDX), ARINC-818, and IEEE 802.3 (ethernet)
- Problem-solving skills with ability to proactively identify alternate solutions to overcome difficult technical challenges.
- Detail-oriented and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Collins Enterprise Values including Safety |Trust | Accountability | Respect | Collaboration | Innovation.
Responsibilities
- Participate in program planning and risk management both technical and programmatic from bid to deployment phase
- Develop Test Systems requirements and validation procedures; provide technical solution for building the Test Solutions as per the requirements
- Collaborate with both project teams and external end users/customers
- Primary interface coordinating with Production/Service Center, Design Engineering and Test Engineering Hardware and Software engineers.
- Integrator working with multiple disciplines to ensure a successful solution development, delivering through sustainment
- Perform Verification and Validation of Test Solutions
- Perform trade study and market analysis to benchmark industry leading Test Solutions
- Support Product line strategy for Test Solutions; support process improvement and reuse of technical solutions at a Systems level
- Support Test time reduction and analyze test failures
- Provides technical mentoring to other junior engineers
- Occasional travel to Iowa manufacturing sites
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
