Senior Systems Engineer

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🕒 August 18

🌲 Oregon – Remote

🌲 Oregon – Remote

💵 $111.5k - $170k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Systems Engineer

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AeroVironment

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1971

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2023-09

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

AeroVironment is a pioneering technology company specializing in advanced uncrewed systems and autonomous solutions. With a rich history of over 50 years, AeroVironment designs and produces innovative technologies including drones, loitering munition systems, and uncrewed ground vehicles, primarily for defense and government applications. Their products are known for enhancing operational capabilities and redefining expectations in autonomous technology to meet evolving challenges on the battlefield and beyond.

📋 Description

• Work with the Design team to develop innovative unmanned systems for defense and commercial applications • Interact with Controls Engineers to allocate requirements and develop architectures that drive simulation models • Contribute across requirements definition, concept design, prototyping, detailed design, validation, and verification testing • Manage requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle • Provide weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down • Allocate requirements to subsystems and coordinate engineering activities • Evaluate system performance thresholds and provide direction • Develop instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition with Senior Staff Engineers • Provide input for model development and simulation analysis • Review and interpret customer specifications • Identify, analyze, and resolve system design weaknesses • Contribute to architectures used across multiple products or systems • Select methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results • Determine methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel as Team Lead • Develop systems test plans, procedures, and reports • Write Systems Safety protocols and ensure personnel safety during field testing

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering is required, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience • 8–12 years of experience in a systems engineering role; aerospace systems engineering preferred • Proficiency with C/C++ and Matlab required • Experience managing requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle • Experience providing weekly system development status with requirements burn down • Experience allocating requirements to subsystems and coordinating engineering activities • Experience evaluating system performance thresholds and providing direction • Experience developing instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition • Experience contributing to model development and simulation analysis • Strong Matlab skills and proficiency with office software and computer-based productivity tools • Familiarity with electronics and systems related to image collection and analysis • Experience developing systems test plans, procedures, and reports and reviewing and interpreting specifications • Experience writing Systems Safety protocols and ensuring personnel safety during field testing • Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment • Ability to sit and stand for long periods and use computers and telephones • ITAR/EAR eligibility as a U.S. person or ability to obtain an export license; some positions require current U.S. citizenship • Advanced degree preferred • Experience taking a product from concept to production with contract manufacturers is a plus • Exposure to Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems, Modeling Simulation & Control, and Model-Based Systems Engineering helpful but not required • Knowledge of Simulink, Ansys, and Solidworks preferred • Interest in creating architectures using Model Based Engineering tools • Strong problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment • Initiative, ownership, accountability, continuous improvement, teamwork, and collaboration

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401K with company matching • 9/80 work schedule • Paid holiday shutdown