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Lead Systems Engineer - Flight Management Computing

Grand Rapids MI US 1💼 Full-time💰 $130,000–$130,000🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead systems engineering for Flight Management Computing programs across military and civil avionics platforms, driving alignment between customer needs, technical requirements, product design, integration, and verification.

Role type

Lead Systems Engineer (Avionics/Flight Management)

Builds

Advanced avionics platforms for military and civil applications

Domain

Aerospace / Avionics / Flight Management Computing

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Systems engineering principles, requirements management, system integration, verification and validation, risk management, trade studies, configuration control, technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Experience with software and hardware teams, technical trade studies, risk management, configuration control, project management

Technologies

Systems engineering tools, configuration management systems

Responsibilities

Lead requirements development, allocation, traceability, verification, and validation; manage cross-platform commonality and program-specific system requirements; lead system integration activities; define and manage system and product requirements flow-down; drive system-level verification and validation; manage key interfaces between components and teams; lead risk and trade study decision-making; serve as a technical resource and mentor; contribute to functional best practices and technical strategy

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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