Senior Systems Engineer - Aftermarket Systems (Onsite)
About The Position
The Senior Systems Engineer will join Collins Aerospace’s Avionics Engineering group and business- and regional-focused Aftermarket Systems team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The role develops retrofit solutions for Collins-equipped aircraft already in service and supports existing fielded solutions. The engineer contributes to avionics updates that affect aircraft operating around the world, from requirements development and system design through integration, verification, validation, and documentation. The position is onsite and includes supporting avionics installation, ground testing, and flight testing. The engineer will work with an experienced team and learn how business and regional aircraft avionics are architected, integrated, and validated. The role applies systems engineering processes from early concept through certification and delivery, with opportunities for mentoring and a path toward technical leadership.
Requirements
- A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and at least 5 years of relevant experience; alternatively, an advanced degree in a related field and at least 3 years of experience.
Nice To Haves
- Prior systems experience with Collins Aerospace, preferably with commercial avionics architectures.
- Prior experience with code or script development.
- Experience in an integration lab, test facility, or field supporting integration and/or verification activities.
- Ability to manage tasks and meet cost, schedule, and performance objectives with minimal oversight.
- Private Pilot License or a general passion for aviation.
Responsibilities
- Analyze customer specifications and market desires and translate them into system-level hardware and software requirements.
- Design solutions that meet future airspace and mandate requirements.
- Perform functional analyses, architectural exploration, and trade studies to evaluate design alternatives in light of performance, cost, and risk.
- Conduct system integration activities, including creating interface definitions and verifying system behavior against requirements.
- Plan and execute verification and validation, including developing test procedures and analyzing data.
- Identify potential technical or schedule risks and work with other engineers to develop mitigation approaches.
- Support on-aircraft installation of avionics updates and support ground and flight testing.
- Maintain system configuration and documentation throughout the development lifecycle.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and a separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
- Student Loan Repayment Program.
- Life insurance and disability coverage.
- Optional pet, home and auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and identity theft protection coverage.
- Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits.
- 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.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Employee Scholar Program.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Potential eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs, subject to position level, applicable agreement coverage, and other factors.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
