LEAD ENGINEER - PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - Avionics Engineer

Southwest Research Institute - Oklahoma City, OK

Full-time - Mid Level

Oklahoma City, OK

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Strategic Aerospace Department (SAD) is seeking a highly skilled engineer to design and lead the development of complex avionics and aerospace systems within a Real Time Operating System (RTOS) environment. This role involves collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to establish hardware requirements, interact with clients, and support marketing and strategic planning activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop complex embedded avionics for new, sustainment, and modernization programs.
• Develop, integrate, and test firmware within complex embedded avionics.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team in the development and testing of avionics systems.
• Meet with internal and external customers to establish technical requirements and facilitate the development of specification documents and system architectures.
• Lead trade analyses/studies within and across relevant domains.
• Support department roadmaps, IRAD's, marketing, and strategic planning activities.
• Work with stakeholders to allocate functions to systems and develop those allocations into requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent Engineering degree with related experience.
• 8+ years of experience developing, deriving, allocating, and testing complex avionics requirements.
• Experience implementing RTOS's (preferred Green Hills, VxWorks).
• Experience designing architectures for avionics systems.
• Preferred experience in embedded development of typical avionic buses (PCIe, 429, ethernet, 1553, etc.), C++, and C.
• Preferred experience with creating and implementing cyber requirements.
• Preferred experience with integrating hardware and debugging within a lab environment utilizing equipment such as logic analyzers and power supplies.
• A valid/clear driver's license is required.

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of business and engineering activities/disciplines in Avionics development.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities