Lead Systems Engineer – Aerospace/Avionics

Requirements:

• A bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an equivalent engineering field, with related experience.
• 10+ years of experience developing, deriving, and allocating tiered systems engineering requirements for avionics applications and LRUs.
• Broad foundational understanding of avionics engineering disciplines, including systems, hardware development, firmware, software, integration, testing, bid and proposal work, CONOPS, qualification, certification, system safety, FMEA, and laboratory activities.
• Experience developing CONOPS and system/LRU architectures, along with basic to intermediate experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• A valid, clear drivers license.

Responsibilities:

• Develop system-level and LRU-focused architectures, and lead the creation of CONOPS and system requirements, their allocation, integration, and testing.
• Guide multidisciplinary engineering teams developing hardware, firmware, and software for complex, flight-worthy avionics, mission LRUs, and payloads.
• Work directly with clients and other customers to establish technical requirements, develop specifications, and shape system architectures to meet their needs.
• Provide technical leadership throughout programs and lead trade analyses across relevant domains.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to allocate functions to components and systems, then translate those allocations into requirements for engineering, design, and management teams.
• Use MBSE processes to support system design and architecture.
• Support our departments technical marketing, embedded-systems proposal development, and product and technical roadmap activities.

Technologies:

• AI
• Embedded
• Firmware
• Hardware
• Support
• Marketing
• System Engineer

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We are the Tactical Aerospace Department, a supplier of aerospace-quality complex electronics for new and legacy Department of War systems. Our work spans avionics, mission LRUs, flight-worthy payloads, ground aerospace systems, and advanced third-generation AI/ML for Department of Defense platforms. This on-site role is based at one of our facilities in San Antonio, Texas; Beavercreek, Ohio; or Warner Robins, Georgia.

last updated 43 week of 2026