Principal Systems Engineer

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🕒 August 7

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $84k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

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⚙️ Systems Engineer

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GE Aerospace

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10,000+ employees

🚀 Aerospace

🏭 Manufacturing

🎖️ Defense

💰 $2G Post-IPO Debt - GE Aerospace on 2025-07

Aerospace • Manufacturing • Defense

GE Aerospace is a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, aircraft components, and integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation. The company designs, manufactures, and services aircraft engines and related systems (avionics, mechanical systems, integrated power systems), and provides aftermarket support including engine maintenance, parts (Unison products), materials and asset management. GE Aerospace serves both civil and defense markets and focuses on performance-based navigation and comprehensive aftermarket services.

📋 Description

• Technically lead a diverse engineering team developing advanced multi-function RF, processing, networking, and/or data storage units for space applications • Own the systems engineering process, including systems analysis and trades, technical baseline management, and requirements verification and validation • Act as the program technical champion, representative, and point of contact • Prepare for and present at major internal and external customer design reviews • Provide technical expertise for IR&D and new product initiatives • Support proposal efforts for new business opportunities • Collaborate with program managers and project chief engineers to ensure successful program execution • Guide program teams in solving complex problems through a holistic systems engineering approach • Support travel to Fairfax, Virginia corporate headquarters as needed, up to 25% • Perform other assigned duties

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field • 12+ years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, or 10+ years with a master's degree • Demonstrated experience leading development and delivery of complex spaceflight or aerospace hardware from concept through qualification, production, and customer delivery • High accomplishment in one or more engineering or scientific domains, with fluency across multiple relevant technical/scientific domains • Proficiency applying systems engineering methodology to product design and development • Ability to balance technical performance with program cost and schedule targets • Excellent organization and communication skills • Preferred: MS degree in a STEM field • Experience with software-defined systems and space-industry product development life cycles • Experience with high-reliability, high-survivability, and/or space-environment applications • Experience with complex electronics product design, including PCBAs, mechanical structures, mission software, and FPGA firmware • Experience with Xilinx devices, including Zynq UltraScale+ or Versal architecture • Knowledge of VPX standards, VITA 46, and VITA 65 • Experience implementing embedded hardware • Experience in schematic capture, PCB layout and routing, high-speed data design, mixed-signal analysis/design, and signal integrity analysis • Experience in signal processing and/or algorithm development • Experience with CAD tools such as PSpice, LTspice, Altium, SOLIDWORKS, and Keysight ADS • Experience with systems engineering tools such as STK, MATLAB Simulink, requirements management/databases, and MBSE • Experience with one or more OSI model levels and understanding of networking protocols

🏖️ Benefits

• Health benefits • Medical • Dental • Vision • Basic life with AD&D • Short term disability • Long term disability • Ancillary benefits: voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet • Spending accounts: HSA, FSA, and DCFSA • Paid time off • Holidays • 401(k), including company match • Tuition reimbursement • Parental, maternity, and military leaves • Annual discretionary bonus for eligible roles