Avionics Engineer

Principal Avionics Engineer

Job Duties , Responsibilities and Desires:
Avionics Design and Certification Activities, including but not limited to:

• Create and modify Avionics System Requirements.
• Create and review Certification Plans.
• Create and review Component Qualification Test Plans and Qualification Test Reports (QTP and QTR).
• Review qualification by similarity and/or analysis reports.
• Review system safety documents (PSSA, SFHA, AFHA, SSA and Particular Risk Analysis).
• Demonstratable working knowledge of relevant industry standards and guidelines to support design and certification needs (4754B, 4761A, DO-297, DO-254, DO-178, etc).
• Create, review and approve test procedures and their corresponding test reports.
• Design and modify avionics system architectures.
• Demonstratable working knowledge of avionic bus protocols (A664, Ethernet, CDMA, A429, A717, CAN, TTE, etc).
• Ability to select components and parts to support avionic system development or modification.
• Participate in and host Systems Design Reviews.
• Support the Supply Chain team by building relationships with system and component suppliers.
• Coordinate with certification authorities and DERs.
• Review and maintain a working knowledge of certification guidance material (AC, TSOs, FAR, CS, etc.) to achieve airworthiness and support certification efforts.
• Create, review and approve Interface Control Documents (ICD) at component, system and aircraft levels.
• Create, review and approve certification artifacts and compliance reports to support V&V efforts.

• Working knowledge of MBSE, simulation and system development tools and techniques.
• Create and review test plans to support Component Test, System Test (SIL & HIL) and Flight Test.
• Create, support and review Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI).
• Support Pre- and Post-Flight Test briefings.
• Review, support and monitor live flight test telemetry data.
• Process, analyze, and decompose post-flight test data.
• Define and develop actionable tasks that result from post-flight test findings.

• Four (4) year degree in Engineering (Aerospace, Electrical, or STEM)
  • Other Engineering fields may be considered

• 10+ years of proven relevant experience (preferred, but not required)
• Demonstratable working knowledge of avionic systems and their functions (IMA, Comm, Nav, FMS, Displays, Recorders, Air data, CAS, Antennae, Network, etc).
• Experience in aerospace certification (preferred, but not required)
• Proficiency and knowledge with aircraft documentation (required)
• U.S. Person (required)