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LEAD ENGINEER - PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - Systems Engineer - Aerospace/Avionics

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LEAD ENGINEER - PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - Systems Engineer - Aerospace/Avionics

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Contract type:

Permanent

Location:

Mutual, OH, USA

Work mode:

Onsite

Published on:

16 October 2026

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Who We Are: The Tactical Aerospace Department is a premier supplier for aerospace quality Complex Electronics on new and legacy DoW systems. This includes avionics, mission LRU's, flight worthy payloads, ground aerospace systems, and cutting edge third generation AI/ML for DoD platforms. This position is located on-site at either of our San Antonio, TX, Dayton (Beavercreek), OH, or Warner Robins, GA facilities.

Objectives of this Role:

  • Responsible to develop System level and LRU centric Architectures. Lead the development of CONOPS, develop requirements, requirement allocation, build, integrate, and test.
  • Guide multi-disciplinary engineering teams to develop hardware, firmware, and software for complex flight worthy avionics/mission LRU's/payload hardware.
  • Interact directly with clients to establish system requirements and architectures to meet client expectations.
  • Provide technical project leadership throughout each program.
  • Utilize Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes to support system designs/architectures.
  • Support department management in specific technical marketing activities, proposal development of embedded systems, and in the development of product/technical roadmaps.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

  • System Engineer over embedded avionics/aerospace programs.
  • Lead a multi-disciplinary team to develop, integrate, and test embedded complex flight worthy systems.
  • Meet with internal and external customers to establish system technical requirements and facilitate development of specification documents and system architectures.
  • Lead trade analyses within and across the relevant domains.
  • Work with stakeholders to allocate functions to components/systems and develop those allocations into requirements for the engineers, designers, and managers to design, develop, integrate and test.

Requirements:

  • Requires a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or equivalent engineering degree field with related experience.
  • 10+ years: Experience developing, deriving, and allocating tiered Systems Engineering requirements in Avionics applications/LRU's.
  • Broad, basic understanding of engineering activities/disciplines in avionics development (e.g. Systems, Hardware Development, Firmware, software, Integration, Testing, Bid and Proposal efforts, CONOPS, Qualification, Certification, System Safety, FMEA, Lab activities, etc).
  • Experience developing CONOPS and System/LRU Architectures and basic/Intermediate experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE).
  • A valid/clear driver's license is required.

Special Requirements: Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen. Job Locations: San Antonio, Texas Or Dayton, Ohio

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