LEAD Analyst - LEAD Engineer - Principal Engineer - Systems Engineer
Job in
Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 42330, USA
Listed on 2026-02-12
Listing for:
Southwest Research Institute
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-12
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Electrical Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Central City
The Tactical Aerospace Department is a premier supplier for aerospace quality technology on new and legacy DoD systems. This includes avionics, mission LRU's, flight worthy payloads, ground aerospace systems, and cutting edge third generation AI/ML for DoD platforms.
Objectives of this Role:- Responsible to develop System level and LRU Architectures.
- Lead the development of CONOPS, develop requirements, allocate requirements to engineering teams, and test LRU/Systems.
- Guide multi-disciplinary engineering teams to develop hardware, firmware, and software for complex flight worthy avionics/mission LRU's/payload hardware.
- Interact directly with clients to establish system requirements and architectures to meet client expectations.
- Provide technical project leadership throughout each program.
- Must be willing to travel.
- 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.
- System Engineer over embedded avionics/aerospace programs.
- Lead a multi-disciplinary team to develop, integrate, and test embedded complex flight worthy systems. This includes electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, and AI/ML.
- 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.
- Requires a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Data Analytics or equivalent degree field.
- Fundamental understanding of MOSA, SOSA, FACE, and GRA architectures.
- 10+ years:
Experience developing, deriving, and allocating tiered Systems Engineering requirements in Avionics applications/LRU's. - Broad, basic understanding of engineering activities/disciplines in avionics development (e.g. Systems, Hardware Development, Firmware, software, Integration, Testing, Bid and Proposal efforts, CONOPS, Qualification, Certification, System Safety, FMEA, Lab activities, etc).
- Experience developing Architectures and basic/Intermediate experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE).
- A valid/clear driver's license is required.
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 Location s:San Antonio, Texas Or Dayton, Ohio
For benefits information at our San Antonio location, .
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