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Principal Avionics Systems Engineer

Executive Recruiting Group

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San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
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Your applicationOpen nowPrincipal Avionics Systems EngineerExecutive Recruiting Group · San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

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We are seeking a Principal Avionics Systems Engineer will serve as a technical leader responsible for defining and delivering the aircraft avionics architecture. The scope includes flight-deck systems, displays, communication, navigation, surveillance, sensors, aircraft data networks, recording systems, and integration with the Automatic Flight Control Systems, Flight Management System, Vehicle Management System, Fly-by-Wire system, hybrid-electric propulsion system, electrical power system and other aircraft subsystems.

Duties:

  • Lead the development and maturation of the Avionics architecture, functional decomposition, requirements allocation, and design-baseline development for our prototype and certification aircraft programs.
  • Establish and maintain avionics system requirements, architecture and design descriptions, Interface Control Documents, performance requirements and bidirectional traceability.
  • Coordinate across VMS/FBW, Electrical, Propulsion, Safety, EWIS, Flight Test, suppliers, and certification stakeholders; close interface gaps early.
  • Address hybrid-electric aircraft considerations, including power availability, load shedding, propulsion and energy-status data, degraded operating modes, EMI/EMC and thermal constraints.
  • Serve as the technical authority for avionics supplier selection, requirements flow-down, design reviews, deliverables, compliance, and issue closure.
  • Evaluate supplier architectures and equipment for functional performance, interfaces, safety, environmental qualification, maintainability, and integration readiness.
  • Manage technical risks, dependencies, actions, configuration changes, and supplier accountability against program milestones.
  • Lead avionics integration and verification across simulation, SIL/HIL, lab, aircraft ground test, and flight test environments.
  • Define verification methods, procedures, pass/fail criteria, coverage, and data-review expectations for system and interface requirements.
  • Support FHA, PSSA, SSA, compliance plans/reports, certification evidence, SOI readiness, and SRR/IDR/PDR/CDR review packages.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Electronics, Computer, Software or Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • Master's Degree in a technical and/or management discipline preferred.
  • 10+ years of aerospace avionics and aircraft systems development experience, including safety-critical integrated avionics.
  • Demonstrated experience progressing an avionics system from concept and architecture through requirements development, supplier design, integration, ground and flight test, and certification readiness.
  • Demonstrated experience serving as an Avionics architect, Principal Engineer, technical lead.
  • Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and technically managing avionics suppliers.
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