REMOTE: Displays Focal Engineer
Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77246, USA
Listed on 2026-02-18
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Electrical Engineering
Job Title
Displays Focal Engineer
Job DescriptionThis role involves being the primary engineer for aircraft display systems, ensuring that system requirements are comprehensively defined, verified, and aligned with aircraft architecture and operational needs.
Responsibilities- Act as the focal engineer for aircraft display systems, supporting system-level requirements definition and decomposition.
- Ensure display system requirements align with overall aircraft system architecture and operational needs.
- Support requirements validation, verification, and certification activities in compliance with ARP
4754A. - Author, review, and manage system and subsystem requirements using Jama.
- Maintain bidirectional traceability between requirements, design artifacts, and verification evidence.
- Support audits and certification reviews by ensuring requirements completeness and traceability.
- Develop, review, and execute system-level and subsystem-level test procedures.
- Apply appropriate requirement verification methods, including analysis, test, inspection, and demonstration.
- Ensure verification activities and artifacts comply with ARP
4754A verification and traceability processes. - Investigate and reproduce issues originating from flight crew observations and flight test activities.
- Perform system- and subsystem-level troubleshooting and fault isolation.
- Correlate flight test data with system requirements and expected system behavior.
- Manage problem reports, verification tasks, and workflows using Jira.
- Configure and maintain Jira dashboards, filters, and reports to support engineering project tracking and visibility.
- Support cross-functional teams by clearly communicating issue status, impacts, and resolution progress.
- Minimum of 3 years of displays engineering experience on commercial aircrafts.
- Experience in ARP
4745A system development lifecycle. - Proficiency with Jama for requirements management.
- Experience with Jira for configuration and issue management.
Skills & Qualifications
- 5 years of commercial aircraft displays engineering experience is preferred.
- Familiarity with Simulink.
- Master's or PhD in engineering or a similar degree is highly advantageous.
The position is fully remote, offering flexibility and the opportunity to work from the comfort of your home.
Job Type & LocationThis is a Contract position based out of Houston, TX.
Pay And BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $55.00 - $66.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long‑term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type:
This is a fully remote position.
Final date to receive applications:
This position is anticipated to close on Feb 26, 2026.
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