Systems Engineering Manager

Gogo, Inc.

$140K — $175K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience
  • 5-7 years of hardware, software, or avionics systems development experience
  • 4 years of direct people management experience
  • Experience with avionics industry standards like DO-178 and DO-254
  • In-depth familiarity with systems engineering and product development processes

Responsibilities

  • Proactively manage all aspects of the System Engineering function
  • Ensure compliance with AS9100, DO-178, and DO-254 processes
  • Anticipate and guide the team through changing priorities
  • Demonstrate ability to swarm engineering tasks to support the team
  • Provide clear product requirements to cross-functional teams
  • Hire, motivate, and develop exceptional Systems Engineers
  • Champion innovative thinking within the team to overcome setbacks

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage options
  • Immediate vesting 401k plan
  • Paid time off and volunteer time off
  • Participation in an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Full Job Description
We will be accepting applications through August 29, 2026 or until filled.

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The Systems Engineering team is a core pillar of the Gogo development process that encompasses distilling product requirements and asks into development requirements and architectures, supporting cross-functional teams through their development, certification, and verifying and validating the end-to-end solution.

Want to manage a highly motivated and dynamic team?

COME ON BOARD THE GOGO SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TEAM!

How will you make a difference?
  • Proactively manage all aspects of the System Engineering function
  • Ensure compliance to AS9100, DO-178, and DO-254 process
  • Anticipate, adapt, and guide the team through changing priorities
  • Demonstrate the ability to swarm systems engineering tasks and deliverables to augment the team when required
  • Provide clear product requirements and supporting data to cross-functional teams to enable the Systems Engineering team to achieve their goals.
  • Hire, motivate, train, mentor, and develop exceptional Systems Engineers
  • Champion your team's ability to think outside the box and push technical boundaries by understanding setbacks and strategize together to reposition and move forward


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Fields or equivalent work experience
  • 5-7 years' of hardware, software, or avionics system development experience
  • 4 years' direct, hands-on people management experience


Required Skills, Experiences & Talents
  • Avionics industry, DO-178/DO-254, and/or DO-160/MIL-STD experience
  • In-depth familiarity with systems engineering and product development processes
  • Knowledge and experience in both hardware and software development process


Preferred Skills, Experiences & Talents
  • Industry experience in telecommunications systems a plus
  • Satcom and/or 4G LTE/5G experience a plus


Equal Pay Disclosure(s)

Base Pay:
140,000.00 - 175,000.00 USD Annual

Target Annual Short-Term Incentive:
Bonus Plan at 15% (% of Annualized Base Pay)

Eligible for Incentive Stock Program:
Yes

Benefits:

Gogo offers competitive benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage with plans that can fit each employee's needs. We offer an immediate vesting 401k plan, paid time off and volunteer time off. Employees have the option to participate in an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Visit the Careers page on our website for more information at www.gogoair.com/careers.

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