Lead Engineer - Principal Engineer - Real-Time Computer Engineering Architect

Key Skills

C Programming, C++, Cyber Security, Design, Logistic Regression, Machine learning techniques

Job Description

Who We Are:

The Strategic Aerospace Department (SAD) provides aerospace related research, development, production, test and/or support to new products, sustainment, and modernization programs for the DoD industry, Allies, and U.S. Government.

Objectives of this Role:

• Develop, integrate, and test complex avionics/aerospace systems while implementing RTOS’s and designing architectures.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams by coordinating and allocating tasks, schedules, and earned value.
• Work collaboratively across a multi-disciplinary engineering teams to establish hardware requirements for complex flight worthy avionics hardware.
• Interact directly with clients and company staff to establish system requirements and architectures to meet client expectations.
• Design Software Architecture models using SysML or UML modeling.
• Support Department management in specific marketing activities and writing proposals.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Develop complex embedded avionics for new, sustainment and modernization programs.
• Develop, integrate, and test firmware within complex embedded avionics. This may include leading a multi-disciplinary team to allocate tasks with expected schedules, understand allocated budgets, and using earned value.
• Meet with internal and external customers to establish 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 systems/ functional components functions and develop those allocations into requirements.

Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelors in Computer Engineering, Electrical, or equivalent.
• Shift work required.
• 8+ years: Experience developing, deriving, allocating and testing complex avionics requirements. Experience implementing RTOS’s (preferred Green Hills, VxWorks)
• Experience designing architectures (using SysML or UML modeling)
• Preferred experience in the development of typical avionic buses (PCIe, 429, ethernet, 1553, etc), C++ and C.
• Preferred experience and understanding of business and engineering activities/disciplines in Avionics development.
• 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, power supplies, etc.
• 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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