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Job Description:
Shape the Future of Autonomous Flight with Airbus-Flexrotor
Are you ready to architect the next generation of unmanned aerial systems? We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to serve as a technical cornerstone for the Flexrotor platform. This isn't just a requirements-shuffling role—you will be the bridge between complex software foundations and physical hardware, defining the MBSE models that bring autonomous missions to life. If you are a US Person with 8+ years of experience and a passion for leading cross-functional teams through the full engineering lifecycle, we want to hear from you. Join us in pushing the boundaries of what UAS technology can achieve.
Meet the Team:
The Airbus Helicopters Flexrotor Program offers one of the most sophisticated small tactical unmanned aerial systems (STUAS) with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). It can be used day or night by US and allied forces for a diverse range of intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) on land and at sea.
Your Working Environment:
Nestled in the heart of the spectacular Columbia River Gorge in Bingen, WA, our workplace offers innovation and the ability to contribute to game-changing solutions while enjoying the flexibility to spread your wings. Whether it's solving complex challenges, or celebrating victories, you’ll be part of a cohesive crew that thrives on innovation and the beauty that the Northwest has to offer!
How We Care for You:
Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
Your Challenges:
System Architecture & Modeling: 40%
Gather system needs, define architecture, and derive subsystem requirements and acceptance criteria.
Generate design specifications and associated models for systems.
Perform a range of system model development, analysis, or review tasks under minimal supervision.
Define and architect the software foundation for simulators, ensuring the development team can produce the required software components.
Develop Systems Models from derived customer requirements and define the System Level design following MBSE using SysML or UML.
Experience in modelling to capture the system design for missions, functions, and interfaces.
Contribute to system designs, including capturing the role of software and ensuring these will become a working system.
Validation, Documentation & Collaboration: 35%
Coordinate and work closely with other engineering and program management disciplines to define system specifications and requirements.
Support validation, verification, acceptance, and certification activities.
Develop, maintain, and produce technical documentation and system/subsystem specifications.
Verify and comply with engineering documentation standards and test procedures.
Establish and maintain a filing system or databases as needed for tracking project status.
Prepare and conduct design reviews with internal and external customers.
Collaborate with the Ground Systems team to ensure user requirements are fully captured and traced.
Work with development teams to share the high-level architecture.
Optimization, Leadership & Strategy: 25%
May lead and direct the work of other engineers and stakeholders while acting as the Subject Matter Expert (SME).
Act as a Lead on less complex tasks and responsible for a portion of a model or section of an analysis or design review.
Provide architectural guidance during the entire project lifecycle.
Support development of technical proposals and provide comments on the technical content and level of effort of the proposed scope of work.
Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in system engineering.
Conduct trade-off studies and evaluate optimizations, new technologies, and tools.
Drive the ramp-up of Flexrotor with knowledge of software and hardware solutions within a product environment.
Your Boarding Pass:
Posses a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or an appropriate discipline from an accredited educational institution.
Eight (8) + years of experience in systems engineering, with specific experience in leadership or mentoring.
Systems engineering fundamentals: requirements development, system architecture, and lifecycle management.
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using SysML/UML for mission, functional, and interface modeling.
Software-intensive system architectures, including simulator foundations and software–hardware integration.
Strong working knowledge of MBSE tools (SysML or UML).
Experience defining software foundations for simulators or complex product environments.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, G-suite, JIRA/Confluence.
Preferred Skills:
Experience in the aerospace and defense industry, specifically with UAS/UAV systems.
Experience with MagicDraw/Cameo Systems Modeler.
Project/Program Management Certification
Travel Required:
Up to 20% Domestic and International
Citizenship:
US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)
Physical Requirements:
Onsite or remote: 80% Onsite.
Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings daily.
Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms daily.
Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications daily.
Equipment Operation: able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts daily.
Carrying/Lifting: able to carry/lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 15lbs daily.
Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools occasionally.
Sitting/Standing/Walking/Squatting: able to sit for long periods of time, stand for discussions, walk through office and production areas (including uneven surfaces), and squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items occasionally.
Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice, monthly.
Walking: Include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents, able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces, daily.
Annual salary range based on the required profile: $125k - $200k Actual minimum and maximum may vary based on geographic differential. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
Company:
Aerovel CorporationEmployment Type:
US - Direct HireExperience Level:
ProfessionalRemote Type:
On-siteJob Family:
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Job Posting End Date: 04.11.2026------
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