Systems Engineer II

Crane Aerospace and Electronics

Systems Engineer II – Burbank, CA

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear, from satellites to medical implants, and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Every 1.2 seconds, product built at our Burbank facility is stopping aircraft – delivering passengers and military personnel safely to their destination.

Home to our Landing & Cabin Systems team, Crane A&E’s brake control systems and premium cabin actuation solutions are flying on tens of thousands of aircraft worldwide.

The Systems Engineer II works under supervision and uses established procedures to research, plan, design, and develop products for the aerospace or electronics marketplace. The role includes new product designs, modernization, upgrades, and extensive analysis to ensure cost, quality, and customer requirements. The Engineer II also employs computer‑assisted engineering and design software to develop economical solutions to technical problems.

• Work effectively with all functional groups to achieve product performance and cost targets. Build quality and manufacturability into the design. Define, understand, and comply with company and regulatory guidelines to assure a safe operating environment.
• Model Based Systems Engineering – create and maintain models and perform “what if” and use‑case scenarios utilizing simulation.
• Demonstrate proficiency with verbal and written English for technical reports, presentations, analyses, or other communications at the appropriate level.
• Understand, decompose, and define product and process requirements to support product development, sustaining, and R&D.
• Plan, estimate, prioritize, and manage work activities to meet project schedules and budgets.
• Utilize experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Produce thorough and accurate design and development work of suitable complexity that meets all customer specifications and company requirements for schedule, cost, producibility, quality, and reliability.
• Apply proficient problem‑solving processes, documentation, tools, and analyses to quickly and effectively identify root cause and corrective actions for technical challenges and issues in support of product development and sustaining assignments.
• Generate and review product development documentation including technical reports, procedures, correspondence, etc., necessary to satisfy customer and program requirements.
• Self‑directed and motivated while communicating effectively within a team environment that includes engineering, operations, quality, and business disciplines.
• Provide support of IPT activities in collaboration with other technical, operations, quality, and business disciplines.
• Contribute to all Systems Engineering aspects (architecture and components) from initial product research, architecture definition, requirements definition, validation, systems verification, management, and flow‑down to functional engineering groups.
• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management.

3 years of relevant work experience.

BA or BS Degree in an engineering discipline, Mechanical preferred.

• Experience with system development following industry‑recognized processes (e.g., ARP
  4754).
• Familiarity with DO178, DO254, and DO160.
• Understanding of Systems Engineering principles, including interpreting and writing requirements, system architectures, and designs.
• Knowledge of requirements management, validation, and verification.
• Experience with multi‑physics modeling and simulation (e.g., Simulink).
• Familiarity with the use of Artificial Intelligence in the engineering domain.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle.

• Working knowledge of requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS) highly desirable.
• Eligibility Requirement:
  This position may require access to Controlled Data or Information. If so, only US Persons will be considered. As a DoD contractor, we are bound by ITAR.

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