Networking Products Staff Systems Engineer
Location Preference: Grand Rapids MI (preferred) or Clearwater FL (secondary)
Relocation Assistance Provided
Visa Sponsorship: Not available

Our client is seeking a Systems Engineering Staff Engineer to serve as a Systems Lead for networking products. This position is accountable for both functional and business objectives with a focus on delivering technical leadership across multiple aircraft platforms. The ideal candidate will leverage their experience with Ethernetbased networking technologies to define and manage technical goals across a range of programs.

Systems engineering at our client is a crossfunctional discipline that balances customer needs with technical and business objectives. This role involves managing the entire system lifecycle from identifying requirements to design validation and delivery ensuring the final product meets quality safety and performance standards. The Systems Engineering Staff Engineer will play a pivotal role in driving these processes forward working both autonomously and collaboratively with crossfunctional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee systems engineering activities for networking products and the common computing platform.
• Manage the full systems engineering lifecycle ensuring compliance with internal processes and industry standards.
• Develop and execute system development and verification plans for networking and computing platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering sales marketing and business leaders to support new business pursuits.
• Conduct architectural design and trade studies to align products with customer requirements.
• Mentor and crosstrain Systems Engineers on systems engineering processes and best practices.
• Promote engineering reuse strategies across the networking product line.
• Provide technical leadership coaching and guidance to project teams ensuring delivery on safety quality delivery and cost objectives.
• Support project planning design reviews metrics tracking and risk and opportunity management.
• Ensure timely delivery of system requirements system integration and effective issue resolution.
• Facilitate the successful launch of new projects by ensuring they align with product roadmaps and engineering processes.
• Foster collaboration across software hardware test safety reliability maintainability and certification teams.
• Proactively escalate issues requiring senior engineering or business leadership support.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in product design & development and/or technical project leadership within an engineering environment.
• Strong background in avionics systems engineering processes including ARP4754A and ARP4761.
• Due to the nature of the work U.S. Citizenship is required. Employment is contingent upon verification of citizenship status.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in Avionics Design Assurance Level A or B environments.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as DO297 DO178 DO254 and DO330.
• Expertise with networking products and Network Interoperability Specifications.
• Knowledge of key interfaces including but not limited to Ethernet TSN Ethernet analog discrete RS232/422/485 ARINC 429/664/825.
• Experience with full lifecycle engineering processes including requirements definition allocation validation and verification as well as system integration and certification (FAA EASA or other regulatory agencies).
• Strong background in system safety engineering.
• Ability to effectively communicate with senior leadership both within and outside the organization.
• Demonstrated leadership in guiding teams through system development integration validation and verification.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven problemsolving abilities and project management skills.

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