System Engineer III (Aerospace)

Location: Burbank, California, United States; onsite standard office and manufacturing environment

Salary: $131,000–$154,000 per year

Company

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components for aerospace and defense applications, including aircraft, satellites, missiles, and unmanned aerial systems.

What you will do

• Develop new aerospace and electronics products, modernization programs, upgrades, and sustaining engineering solutions.
• Define product architectures, decompose requirements, and manage requirements flow-down to functional engineering groups.
• Create and maintain Model-Based Systems Engineering models, simulations, use cases, and what-if analyses.
• Plan and manage engineering activities, schedules, budgets, performance targets, manufacturability, quality, and reliability.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for technical issues and support product verification and validation.
• Prepare technical reports, procedures, analyses, and product development documentation while collaborating with engineering, operations, quality, and business teams.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant engineering experience and a BA or BS degree in an engineering discipline; Mechanical Engineering is preferred.
• Experience developing systems using recognized aerospace processes such as ARP4754.
• Experience with DO-178, DO-254, and DO-160.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles, requirements management, system architecture, design, validation, and verification.
• Experience with multi-physics modeling and simulation, such as Simulink, and familiarity with software development life cycles.
• Proficient written and verbal English is required for technical reports, presentations, analyses, and organizational communication.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Engineering.
• Experience applying artificial intelligence to engineering or aerospace systems.
• Working knowledge of requirements management tools such as DOORS.

Culture & Benefits

• Standard office and manufacturing work with required personal protective equipment when applicable.
• Occasional domestic and international travel of up to 10% for customer meetings, design reviews, testing, and technical seminars.
• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance beginning the first day of the month after starting.
• 15 days of paid time off accruing from the first day and 12 paid holidays annually.
• 401(k) plan with company match and education reimbursement after six months of employment.