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GE Aerospace is hiring a Lead Systems Engineer in Clearwater, FL; Grand Rapids, MI. It is a full-time role in Software & IT, asking for at least 5 years of experience, first listed on November 1. The description mentions Python, MATLAB, Cybersecurity and Embedded C. GE Aerospace has 99 other openings in the US, 5 of them in Clearwater, FL. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 5 Software & IT openings in Clearwater, FL today; the typical one asks for 7 years and advertises about $152,000 a year at the midpoint.
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About hiring at GE Aerospace
GE Aerospace has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 6 states. Most are in software & IT (46), engineering & mfg (12) and operations (4). The biggest locations are Grand Rapids, MI (19), Clearwater, FL (6) and Jacksonville, FL (3). 8% of them are remote, 7% are open to entry-level candidates and 30% show pay. We collect GE Aerospace's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Workday), never from job boards or agencies.
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Job Description Summary
The Lead Systems Engineer 2 will provide Systems engineering technical design capability to the Data Transfer Systems (DTS) product team. This position will support Systems full life cycle product development projects for both the Data Storage and Displays products.Job Description
The Lead Systems Engineer will provide Systems engineering design expertise to the Data Transfer Systems product team. Systems is a cross-functional engineering discipline centered on the product development approach, mindset, and process and includes activities that consider both the business and the technical needs of the customers with the goal of providing a quality product that meets the user’s needs. Systems is the discipline that executes a robust process of design, analysis, approach tradeoffs, creation, optimization, integration and verification. The Systems role consists of identification and quantification of system requirements, creation of alternate system design concepts, performance of design trade studies, selection and implementation of the best designs, integration of the subsystems that comprise the design, and the verification that the resulting design fully meets its requirements.
This role has responsibilities that impact both the team performance and their own performance for both product design, quality, cost and schedule. There is moderate autonomy within the role. High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Candidate should have experience in Aerospace, defense systems, avionics or other complex electronics/computer/networking systems engineering.
- Capable of providing technical guidance for avionics systems definition, design, integration, and verification.
- Candidate should have prior experience related to developing products used for complex avionics or computing and/or data server applications at the LRU level.
- Candidates should have prior exposure to defining architectures and requirements for systems for avionics computing and/or data storage products.
- The candidate should have prior experience with systems engineering processes including requirements definition, requirement allocation, requirements management, and requirements verification and validation.
- The candidate should have first-hand experience working in the lab integrating software onto hardware platforms, working with test equipment, the various design assurance disciplines as well as manufacturing.
- The candidate must be able to work closely with customers, to organize and lead the systems portion of design reviews from SRR through to PRR.
- Candidate will collaborate with the Hardware, Software, Systems, Test and Manufacturing teams to identify risks, implement corrective actions and optimize the capability of the product.
- Candidate will develop and execute requirements verification in both informal and formal settings.
- The candidate must be able to work with and communicate with customers.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering or technical field from an accredited college or university.
- Minimum of 5 years of systems design and development experience.
- This position requires U.S. citizenship status.
Desired Characteristics:
- Working knowledge of avionics Data storage or displays products.
- Prior Aerospace or Avionics design and development experience.
- Ability to read and critique electrical schematics.
- Ability to read and critique software source code.
- Experience in developing software in Python, C, or any other common language.
- Experience with systems modeling tools/language (e.g., Cameo, SysML, MATLAB, etc.).
- Experience designing Cyber Security, Computing Platforms, Data Networking, and embedded software design.
- Strong competency using the DOORs Requirements management tools.
- Good written and verbal communications skills.
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).
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). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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