Systems Leader - Flight Management Systems & Displays

Summary

As a Systems Engineering Leader you will partner with Connected Aircraft leadership to ensure systems engineering work products are delivered on time in accordance with safety, cost, schedule, and quality requirements. Not only will you lead and grow a team of world class systems engineers, but you will also be expected to collaborate across a global, matrixed organized to ensure alignment with our flight management systems software developers. A successful candidate should demonstrate mastery of systems engineering and the full lifecycle development process in an aerospace environment.

In this role, you will impact approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working. Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team. Has significant input into priorities. Guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.

Job Description

This position will be responsible for growing and leading a team of Systems Engineers with responsibility for flight management systems and cockpit displays. In this role, you will guide and lead the day-to-day activities of systems engineers, foster growth and manage performance. Additionally, your team will guide product growth by translating broad company strategies and roadmaps into actions through systems engineering.

Lead and grow engineers and organizational capability

Continually assess individual performance and provide feedback with candor and humility

Establish vision for future state team capabilities based on product roadmap needs; implement strategy using a combination of training, strategic hires, and individual stretch assignments

Support bid and proposal efforts by creating differentiated technical solutions and generating engineering cost estimates

Support bid and proposal efforts by creating differentiated technical solutions and generating engineering cost estimates

Provide oversite for systems engineering activities to ensure accomplishment is in accordance with estimates through proper resource assignment, status reporting and scope control

Perform system engineering and provide technical / project leadership on flight management system development efforts including new product introduction, product line engineering, and feature update releases

Provide guidance in the allocation of system functional requirements into efficient software, hardware, and firmware architectures

Develop innovative technical solutions utilizing the full capabilities of GE Aerospace systems on development programs and proposals

Provide technical guidance and mentoring to less experienced engineers

Streamline systems engineering processes to cost effectively execute advanced technology programs

Place proper emphasis on generation and maintenance of systems engineering planning documents

Manage and co-ordinate outsource activities where additional resources are needed

Interact with customer engineering organizations to define and shape requirements for future platforms and systems

Qualifications / Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other STEM related field from an accredited university or college

Experience in Systems Engineering, specifically in the design and verification of avionics-based systems

Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience in the aviation industry

This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens. GE will require proof of status.

Desired Characteristics

Prior experience leading a team through the full lifecycle development of new avionics products and systems

Experience defining and implementing complex avionics systems

Experience working and leading research and development projects

Experience with software tools such as DOORs, Dimensions, RTC, Git, Windchill

Experience in vehicle and avionics systems level design, integration, and verification

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Proven track record of innovation

Ability to multi-task and prioritize work in a dynamic environment

Detailed knowledge of ARP-4754A, ARP-4761, MIL-STD-882, DO-178C, and DO-254

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer ( . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.