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Lead Systems Engineer – Aerospace/Avionics

USAFull-time$113,000–$153,0002026-10-15 → 2026-10-16
On-site

Core

Lead systems engineering for complex, flight-worthy avionics, mission LRUs, and payloads, developing architectures, requirements, and integration strategies for Department of Defense platforms.

Role type

Senior IC systems engineer (aerospace/avionics)

Builds

Avionics systems, mission LRUs, flight-worthy payloads, and ground aerospace systems

Domain

Aerospace/Avionics

Required skills

Systems engineering, Avionics engineering, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Hardware development, Firmware development, Software development, System safety analysis, FMEA, CONOPS development, Trade analysis

Preferred skills

Bid and proposal work, Technical marketing, Embedded-systems proposal development

Technologies

AI, Embedded Firmware, Hardware, Support, Marketing

Responsibilities

Develop system-level and LRU-focused architectures, lead the creation of CONOPS and system requirements, guide multidisciplinary engineering teams, work directly with clients to establish technical requirements, provide technical leadership throughout programs, coordinate with stakeholders to allocate functions to components, use MBSE processes to support system design, support technical marketing and proposal development