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Lead Systems Engineer - Aerospace/Avionics

$113k - $153k
Full-time

Southwest Research Institute - Fulltime

Salary: $113,000 - 153,000 per year Requirements:

  • A bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an equivalent engineering field, with related experience.
  • 10+ years of experience developing, deriving, and allocating tiered systems engineering requirements for avionics applications and LRUs.
  • Broad foundational understanding of avionics engineering disciplines, including systems, hardware development, firmware, software, integration, testing, bid and proposal work, CONOPS, qualification, certification, system safety, FMEA, and laboratory activities.
  • Experience developing CONOPS and system/LRU architectures, along with basic to intermediate experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
  • A valid, clear drivers license.
Responsibilities:
  • Develop system-level and LRU-focused architectures, and lead the creation of CONOPS and system requirements, their allocation, integration, and testing.
  • Guide multidisciplinary engineering teams developing hardware, firmware, and software for complex, flight-worthy avionics, mission LRUs, and payloads.
  • Work directly with clients and other customers to establish technical requirements, develop specifications, and shape system architectures to meet their needs.
  • Provide technical leadership throughout programs and lead trade analyses across relevant domains.
  • Coordinate with stakeholders to allocate functions to components and systems, then translate those allocations into requirements for engineering, design, and management teams.
  • Use MBSE processes to support system design and architecture.
  • Support our departments technical marketing, embedded-systems proposal development, and product and technical roadmap activities.
Technologies:
  • AI
  • Embedded
  • Firmware
  • Hardware
  • Support
  • Marketing
  • System Engineer

More:

We are the Tactical Aerospace Department, a supplier of aerospace-quality complex electronics for new and legacy Department of War systems. Our work spans avionics, mission LRUs, flight-worthy payloads, ground aerospace systems, and advanced third-generation AI/ML for Department of Defense platforms. This on-site role is based at one of our facilities in San Antonio, Texas; Beavercreek, Ohio; or Warner Robins, Georgia.

last updated 42 week of 2026

Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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