Lead Engineer - Lead Analyst - Principal Engineer - Systems Engineer - Data Science/Analytics/Engineer

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Job Description

Who We Are:

Join Our Team! The Tactical Aerospace Department is a premier supplier for aerospace quality technology insertion on new and legacy DoD systems. This includes avionics, ground systems, and cutting edge third generation AI/ML.

Objectives of this Role:

  • Responsible to develop System Architectures for Data Science/Analytics to help design data pipelines that utilizes second/third generation AI/ML.
  • Will also develop Avionics System Architectures and lead Systems engineering tasks for complex avionics/aerospace systems.
  • Work collaboratively across a multi-disciplinary engineering teams to establish hardware, firmware, and AI/ML requirements for complex flight worthy avionics hardware.
  • Interact directly with clients and company staff to establish system requirements and architectures to meet client expectations.
  • Provide technical project leadership for the Tactical Aerospace Department.
  • Utilize Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes to support system designs/architectures.
  • Support department management in specific marketing activities, proposal development of embedded avionics programs, and in the development of product/technical roadmaps.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

  • Perform as a System Engineer over embedded avionics programs.
  • Lead a multi-disciplinary team to develop, integrate, and test complex avionics. This includes electrical, mechanical, firmware, data pipelines, data science, and AI/ML.
  • Lead the team using schedules and earned value.
  • Meet with internal and external customers to establish system technical requirements and facilitate development of specification documents and system architectures.
  • Lead trade analyses within and across the relevant domains.
  • Work with stakeholders to allocate functions to components/systems and develop those allocations into requirements for the engineers, designers, and managers to design, develop, integrate and test

Requirements:

  • Requires a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics or equivalent.
  • Shift work required.
  • 8+ years: Bachelor’s of Science degree from an accredited college in a related discipline with 8+ years of experience.
  • Broad, basic understanding of engineering activities/disciplines in avionics development (e.g. Systems, Hardware Development, Software, Firmware, Integration, Testing, Bid and Proposal efforts, CONOPS, Certification, System Safety, FMEA, Lab activities, etc).
  • Experience developing Architectures and basic/Intermediate experience using Enterprise Modeling Tools to model complex systems using SysML.
  • Prefer some experience implementing cyber requirements, implementing RTOS’s, and developing technical roadmaps.
  • Experience developing, deriving, and allocating tiered Systems Engineering requirements in Avionics applications including data pipelines and tiered Data Science applications.
  • A valid/clear driver's license is required.

Special Requirements:

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.

Job Locations: San Antonio, Texas

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Company Info.

Southwest Research Institute

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is an independent and nonprofit applied research and development (R&D) organization. Founded in 1947 by oil businessman Tom Slick, it provides contract research and development services to government and industrial clients.

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  • No. of Employees
    3,000
  • Location
    San Antonio, TX, USA
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