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Senior Staff Engineer, Actuation Systems Architecture & Design (RX) (R6003)

Dallas, Texas💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead architecture, design, and integration of actuation systems for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft, ensuring operational capability for operators.

Role type

Senior Staff Engineer (L4/L5) in aircraft actuation systems

Builds

Actuated systems and mechanisms for UAV fighter aircraft

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Aircraft Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

aircraft actuation systems design, electric actuation (EMA/EHA), centralized hydraulics, actuator sizing, power and thermal interfaces, FMEA, redundancy management, mechanical mechanism integration, supplier execution, hardware test setup, MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-516, SRR/PDR/CDR reviews

Preferred skills

fighter program experience, electric actuation architectures for control surfaces, weapons bay mechanism experience

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