Avionics Systems Engineer (associate or Mid-level)

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · Long Beach, CA

Avionics Systems Engineer for the C-17 Military Airlifter Program, focusing on upgrades and improvements to the Flight Management System (FMS) and other avionics systems. Involves analysis, design, development, testing, verification, and validation of aircraft avionics.

What you'd actually do

  1. Avionics Systems Engineering position for the C-17 Military Airlifter Program within the Avionics/Flight Management & Software Engineering organization, located in Long Beach, California.
  2. Changes in Avionics technology require continuous upgrade and engineering evaluation of present/future capability.
  3. As an Avionics Systems Engineer, the selected candidate will rapidly integrate into the team and apply an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis, design, development, system level test/verification and validation of the C-17 Flight Management System (FMS).
  4. In addition, the candidate will apply job principles, theories, and concepts to contribute to the field investigations and new capability development for the C-17.
  5. The primary subject matter for this role will be the Flight Management System, which is responsible for Flight Planning/navigation, guidance, control, display, and automation of aircraft operations.

Skills

Required

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Data Science
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Ada
  • C
  • C++
  • C#
  • JAVA
  • Python
  • Electrical/electronic systems design
  • Electrical/electronic systems development
  • Electrical/electronic systems testing
  • Electrical/electronic systems qualification

Nice to have

  • Aerospace industry experience
  • Avionics
  • Flight Management System
  • Electrical Systems
  • Agile
  • DOORS
  • ClearQuest
  • Confluence
  • Jira
  • Version One
  • Analyzing aircraft data
  • System requirements derivation
  • System requirements allocation
  • System requirements traceability
  • MIL-STD-1553
  • ARINC-429
  • Military/Commercial Aircrew experience
  • Private Pilot License
  • Flight Instructor certification

What the JD emphasized

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical or Aeronautical), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
  • 1+ years of experience designing, developing, testing, qualifying electrical/electronic systems
  • Classroom or work related programming experience with any of the following software development languages: Ada, C, C++, C#, JAVA, and Python