Lead Hardware-in-the-Loop Engineer

Were ALTEN Technology USA an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to lifefrom advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3000 experts across North America we partner with leading companies in aerospace medical devices robotics automotive commercial vehicles EVs rail and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group57000 engineers in 30 countrieswe deliver across the entire product development cycle from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA youll collaborate on some of the worlds toughest engineering challenges supported by mentorship career growth opportunities and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued supported and inspired to grow.

Workplace: On-site 5 days per week
Location: Huntsville Alabama

The Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) Lead will be responsible for the architecture development integration and deployment of NGCM HWIL systems supporting Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) avionics and missile subsystem validation. This role owns the full lifecycle of HWIL system development from requirements definition through integration test and customer deployment.
This individual will lead a small multidisciplinary team and serve as the technical interface between GNC systems engineering propulsion and program management.

Key Job Responsibilities
HWIL Architecture & System Design
Define HWIL system architecture for NGCM baseline and future variants
Draft hardware and software requirements for HWIL drawers and subsystems
Develop Interface Control Documents (ICDs) Functional Block Diagrams (FBDs) Wiring Diagrams (WDs) and Test Procedures
Ensure configuration control of all HWIL technical data packages (TDPs)
Integration & Test
Design build test and deploy complete HWIL systems
Lead integration of avionics GEU seeker CAS and propulsion interfaces into HWIL environment
Support TRR ATP and QTP events
Develop validation and verification (V&V) strategies for GNC algorithms
Program & Technical Leadership
Lead and manage HWIL engineering team (electrical software integration)
Develop Basis of Estimate (BOE) for new scope and IRAD efforts
Support Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) planning and execution
Coordinate staffing and resource planning for HWIL activities
Customer & Capture Support
Interface with Army RCCTO and industry partners
Support OTA proposals and technical white papers
Provide technical inputs for future NGCM derivative capture efforts
Travel to partner sites for HWIL deployment and integration support

Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering (Masters preferred)
U.S. Citizenship required
8 years experience in electrical hardware design and avionics integration
Direct experience designing building and deploying HWIL systems
Experience leading small engineering teams
Background in missile or hypersonic systems preferred
Experience with:
Avionics hardware lifecycle management
Configuration Management (ECO DCO NCR MRB ERB processes)
Environmental qualification testing (ATP/QTP)
OTA proposals and technical capture efforts
Strong working knowledge of:
Controls systems and GNC integration
Electrical system design & hardware integration
Technical data package development

Preferred Qualifications
Experience developing HWIL systems for missile flight hardware
Familiarity with trajectory analysis radar modeling or MATLAB-based analysis tools
Prior hiring manager or section lead experience

Salary Range
$155000-$170000
The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including but not limited to location the candidates combination of job-related knowledge qualifications skills education training and experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status age genetic information or pregnancy.

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