Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)

LEAD ENGINEER - PRINCIPAL ENGINEER - Low Level Hardware Test Developer

Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
  • 10+ years designing and implementing high-performance embedded systems.
  • Experience integrating systems, developing diagnostics, and firmware.
  • 2-8 years designing architectures using SysML and ARM.
  • Familiarity with avionic buses and proficiency in C++/C.
  • Experience in integrating hardware and debugging in a lab setting.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and test complex embedded avionics systems.
  • Lead multi-disciplinary teams in task allocation and schedules.
  • Collaborate with teams to establish hardware requirements.
  • Directly interact with clients to define system requirements.
  • Design system architecture models using SysML.
  • Support marketing activities and proposal writing.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance available.
  • Retirement savings plan options offered.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Paid time off and holidays.
  • Flexible work hours may be available.
Full Job Description
Who We Are:

The Strategic Aerospace Department (SAD) provides aerospace related research, development, production, test and/or support to new products, sustainment, and modernization programs for the DoD industry, Allies, and U.S. Government.

Objectives of this Role:

  • Develop, integrate, and test complex avionics/aerospace systems while implementing and designing embedded architectures.
  • Lead multi-disciplinary teams by coordinating and allocating tasks, schedules, and earned value.
  • Work collaboratively across a multi-disciplinary engineering teams to establish hardware requirements for complex flight worthy avionics hardware.
  • Interact directly with clients and company staff to establish system requirements and architectures to meet client expectations.
  • Design System Architecture models using SysML modeling.
  • Support Department management in specific marketing activities and writing proposals.


Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

  • Develop complex embedded avionics for new, sustainment and modernization programs.
  • Develop, integrate, and test firmware within complex embedded avionics. This may include leading a multi-disciplinary team to allocate tasks with expected schedules, understand allocated budgets, and using earned value.
  • Meet with internal and external customers to establish 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 systems/ functional components functions and develop those allocations into requirements.


Requirements:

  • Requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent engineering degree field.
  • 10+ years: Experience in designing and implementing reliable, high-performance systems for embedded platforms. Experienced in system integration, system-level diagnostics and firmware development. Experience developing, deriving, allocating and testing complex avionics requirements.
  • 2 - 8 years: Experience designing architectures (using SysML). Experience in developing on ARM architectures.
  • Preferred experience in the development of typical avionic buses (PCIe, 429, ethernet, 1553, etc), C++ and C. Preferred experience and understanding of business and engineering activities/disciplines in Avionics development. Experience using JTAG debugging techniques.
  • Preferred experience with integrating hardware and debugging within a lab environment utilizing equipment such as logic analyzers, power supplies, etc. Experience developing Depot Level Testers (DLT) Systems. Experienced in system-level diagnostics and firmware development.
  • 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

For more information about this division, visit the Defense & Intelligence Solutions home page.

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An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and veteran status.

About Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a non-profit research and development organization headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The institute was founded in 1947 and has since grown to employ over 3,000 people across multiple locations in the United States. SwRI provides research and development services to a variety of industries, including automotive, aerospace, and energy. The institute's research areas include automation and data systems, chemistry and chemical engineering, and space science and engineering. SwRI has a long history of working with government agencies, including NASA and the Department of Defense, as well as private companies.
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