System Engineer Hardware Background

Role:
System Engineer with Hardware Background Client: L&T Job Description

A hardware-focused aerospace systems engineer combines deep electronics and hardware understanding with rigorous requirements management, safety-driven design, and full lifecycle verification within regulated aerospace environments.

• 5 to 8 years of relevant Electrical Engineering experience
• Avionics System Architecture & Definition
• Define and decompose avionics system and hardware requirements for defense aircraft and mission systems
• Develop avionics architectures including processing, I/O, power, redundancy, and data buses
• Perform system trade studies considering mission reliability, survivability, SWaP‑C, and obsolescence
• Define and manage hardware interfaces and ICDs across avionics subsystems

• Author and manage system and hardware requirements using tools such as DOORS / Jama
• Maintain end‑to‑end traceability from requirements through verification and certification artifacts
• Support formal configuration control boards (CCB) and engineering change processes

• Provide system‑level oversight for avionics LRUs, circuit cards, and power electronics
• Coordinate with electrical, FPGA, software, and mechanical teams to ensure system compliance
• Guide hardware development in alignment with DO‑254 and military airworthiness guidance

• Define and support verification and validation strategies for avionics hardware
• Review and support qualification, acceptance, and environmental testing
• Ensure compliance with MIL‑STD‑810, MIL‑STD‑461, and applicable platform standards
• Support formal technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR)

• Support or lead safety and mission assurance activities
• Perform or review FMEA/FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis, and reliability assessments
• Identify technical risks and lead mitigation actions across program phases

• Support avionics integration, lab bring‑up, and system‑level troubleshooting
• Assist with root‑cause analysis of hardware/software/system issues
• Support sustainment, upgrades, and obsolescence mitigation activities
• Interface with suppliers, test organizations, and government representatives as required

The expected salary range for this position is between $80,500 to $85,500 annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.