Lead Aircraft Systems Integration Engineer

Make every part work as one vehicle. Lead the systems architecture and integration that connects ASKA’s propulsion, power, avionics, flight controls, autonomy and driving functions from requirements through working hardware.

Own aircraft-level systems architecture and integration for ASKA’s drive-and-fly vehicle. We are seeking a hands-on systems engineer who understands how electrical, mechanical, control and software subsystems interact, resolves cross-discipline technical problems, and takes an integrated vehicle through development testing. You will lead the engineering work that makes the complete system function together.

Employment Full-time proposed

Location & work arrangement Eagle Field
· Palo Alto area / remote for analysis and design to be defined; hands-on integration and test visits to be discussed; availability for occasional testing at Eagle Field Airport required, with advance coordination

Vehicle systems architecture, requirements allocation, cross-subsystem interfaces, technical trade decisions and integrated vehicle verification.

The Lead Airframe Design Engineer owns airframe geometry, structural arrangement and physical packaging; subsystem leads own their detailed designs. Aircraft Systems owns functional architecture, requirements, cross-system interfaces and integration into one working vehicle. Aircraft Systems Safety owns specialist safety assessments when staffed;
Airworthiness owns the certification plan.

• Own the vehicle functional architecture, operating modes and allocation of aircraft-level requirements to subsystem teams.
• Define and control mechanical, electrical, power, data and software interfaces across propulsion, batteries, hybrid power, avionics, flight controls, autonomy and road systems.
• Lead system trade studies and resolve competing performance, mass, power, thermal, timing and packaging constraints with the responsible specialists.
• Establish drive, flight and conversion-mode behavior, including mode transitions, interlocks and responses to degraded inputs or subsystem faults.
• Plan and lead staged integration from subsystem benches and SIL/HIL environments to the complete vehicle, with measurable entry and exit criteria.
• Troubleshoot integrated hardware/software problems, identify root causes with subsystem owners, and verify that corrective actions work at vehicle level.
• Maintain requirements traceability, interface documents, configuration baselines and verification coverage as designs and software change.
• Chair cross-functional technical reviews and coordinate integration readiness with design, manufacturing and test leads. Incorporate safety-derived constraints with the responsible safety and airworthiness specialists.
• Own and continually improve system-integration evaluation methods, measurable acceptance criteria and requirements-to-test coverage; use integration findings to strengthen repeatable verification and the evidence supporting readiness decisions.

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, electrical, mechanical or systems engineering, or equivalent practical expertise demonstrated through relevant work.
• 8+ years in aircraft or complex vehicle systems engineering, including technical leadership and direct aircraft systems integration experience.
• Demonstrated ownership of aircraft-level functional architecture, requirements decomposition and allocation across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Hands-on ownership of interface definition and integration across electrical, mechanical, control and software subsystems; explain the interfaces and decisions you personally owned.
• Strong engineering depth in at least one aircraft subsystem, with experience…