Lead Avionics Engineer

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Aerospace Engineering Group (AERO) provides an integrated, end-to-end capability for the rapid modification and fielding of mission-specific aircraft. The Airborne Asset Adaptation (A3) Cell acts as the central command and coordination hub, managing requirements and external interfaces from inception to operational delivery. Specialized technical execution is delivered by the Aircraft Integration Centre (AIC), a Part 145 facility focused on airframe modification, and Aerospace Design (ASD), which provides organic design engineering and FAA-authorized certification.

Collectively, these elements bridge the gap between initial requirements and the deployment of flight-certified, mission-ready assets.

In the Aircraft Modifications Lead Avionics Engineer role, you will provide guidance, priorities and assistance to engineers designing and certifying the integration of avionics systems into general aviation, business, transport and military derivative aircraft. This role will support major alterations and Supplemental Type Certificate development managed by both the FAA and the Peregrine ODA within Metrea Aerospace Design.

• Provide direct supervision of the avionics design team, including setting priorities and expectations, labor tracking and employee performance appraisals
• Coordinate with management and other team leads to determine priorities, identify issues and apply resources in support of organizational goals
• Review project requirements including Statement(s) of Work
• Review and approve interconnect drawings for all affected avionics systems using Auto Cad and PLM software
• Review Installation data packages, including systems and electrical fabrication, assembly and installation drawings, master data lists, drawings and reports, for compliance with project requirements
• Apply electrical engineering standards to drawing development by providing technical reviews, team guidance and enforcement of provided CAD templates, formats and standards
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail
• Multi-task and maintain a positive attitude in a fast paced, changing environment

• Four+ year engineering degree preferred
• 8-15 years working experience in designing/engineering and installation of avionics systems upgrades, ideally in a special missions modification environment
• 2-5 years of engineering leadership experience preferred
• Good written and oral communication skills
• USA Passport, available for domestic & international travel (occasional)

• Education…