Senior Systems Engineer - Verification Lead

Job Description Summary

Working at GE Aerospace means you are bringing your unique perspective, innovative spirit, drive, and curiosity to a collaborative and diverse team working to advance aerospace for future generations. If you have ideas, we will listen. Join us and see your ideas take flight!

Engineering is at the center of what we do, and we are looking for talented, innovative engineers who can help us design and develop products for today, tomorrow, and in the future. If you are a dreamer, doer, and inventor who wants your voice to be heard and see your ideas take flight, this is the opportunity for you.

The Senior Systems Engineer - Lead Systems Verifications role is responsible for leading a team of engineers through all aspects of the Verification and Validation portion of the systems engineering lifecycle (right side of the Systems Engineering "V"). As a Systems Verification Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and implementing verification strategies and plans, leading a team to create and execute test procedures, and providing technical support for Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) systems. You will coordinate with sub-system verification teams to ensure seamless integration of verification artifacts at the systems level and collaborate with customers during process and development assurance audits. Additionally, you will advise on test equipment integration, address technical challenges, and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to monitor progress and ensure quality across all verification activities.

Systems engineering is a cross-functional engineering discipline centered on the process of designing, integrating, verifying, and managing complex systems over their life cycles. At its core, systems engineering focuses on working with customers to elicit and document system requirement, certification approach, interface with third-party systems using the IMA resources, decompose and validate requirements for the building blocks that make up the system, drives early and frequent integration of blocks together, and ensures adequate verification of the various levels to complete the certification process for the system.

In this position you will have opportunities to collaborate on architecture, requirements, interfaces, and integrations while focusing primarily on: testing, and verification of complex hardware/software for aviation-based systems while mentoring others. This role collaborates with key subject matter experts and engineering project managers, on project planning, execution, bid estimations, and project performance. This position can influence and lead departmental operations, team member development (mentoring), and hiring. The role is expected to identify verification and validation technical and schedule risks within a project. A self-starter will excel here. Sound judgment and leadership skills are required to drive success.

Location: Candidate is to be local to the greater Grand Rapids, MI area.
Relocation Package (assistance) is available.
Work Schedule: Hybrid 3 days/week on-site in Grand Rapids, (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays). Optional to work remotely: Mondays and Fridays, as work supports.

If Clearwater is the home base for the position, anticipate 25% travel

Job Description

This position will be responsible for leading, guiding and contributing to all technical aspects of the related project(s) across GE's Common Core Systems (CCS) based on Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) technologies for Systems Engineering's Verification and Validation. This role provides technical leadership and assistance to project teams to insure they consistently deliver on cost, quality, schedule, and technical milestones.

This position has the following essential responsibilities:

• Develop overall verification strategies and plans to ensure system compliance and performance.
• Lead a team to develop, review, and execute verification test procedures.
• Provide technical support to the team on a wide range of issues related to Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA).
• Coordinate with sub-system verification teams to ensure effective use of verification artifacts at the systems level.
• Collaborate with and advise customers during process and development assurance audits.
• Develop and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to verification activities to monitor progress and ensure quality.
• Ability to direct and influence the Systems Engineering Lifecycle for IMA products/technologies.
• Crafts and/or contributes to the development of project verification plans in accordance with GE Aerospace processes, customer expectations, and certification authority requirements.
• Develop architecture and trade studies as needed to comply with customer requirements.
• Crosstrain and mentor other Systems Engineers in the systems engineering discipline.
• Drive and support engineering reuse within the IMA product line.
• Solves engineering problems directly with the customer.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the teams running projects within the product line. This includes supporting the engineering leads and project managers with project planning, conducting reviews, metrics development/tracking, forecasting, development processes, and risk and opportunity management.
• Supports the engineering leads and project managers with the timely delivery of systems requirements, integrated validation/verification activities, and issue resolution.
• Support the initiation of new projects to insure they are well planned in accordance with the product roadmap, the overall product line strategy and engineering process requirements.
• Lead/manage interdisciplinary collaboration with software, hardware, test, safety, maintainability, reliability, certification, and others teams.
• Escalate issues that need additional engineering or business leadership assistance in a timely manner.
• Uses best judgment and proven experience to make decisions or solve complex tasks/problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering as needed.
• Takes a new perspective on existing solutions - a fresh set of eyes.
• A proponent of continuous improvement and a willingness to champion new ideas.
• Aligns with a fail fast mentality, with resilient mindset to solve problems.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
• May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements.
• Projects confidence and integrity to GE customers, partners, internal engineering teams, and certification authorities.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or relatable field of study. Master of Science in similar field preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in integration, validation and verification within an engineering product development environment.
• GE Aerospace will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Desired Characteristics:

• Knowledge of the Boeing 777x and 787 airplane and related systems.
• Prior experience working within an Avionics Design Assurance Level (DAL) A Environments (most critical)
• DO-297, ARP 4754A, DO-178C, DO-254 and/or DO-330 process assurance experience.
• Experience with engineering processes including requirements definition, requirements allocation, requirements validation, requirements verification, integration, embedded software, electronic systems, FAA/EASA/NAA certification, and system safety.
• Able to communicate directly with senior leadership inside and outside the company.
• Ability to translate technical information to business leaders and/or customers.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams in development, integration, validation, and/or verification of systems.
• Broad experience that allows the candidate to understand and translate between different engineering disciplines.
• Strong systems engineering thought process on design, requirements, and verification.
• Ability and desire to mentor other engineers in key technical areas.

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).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes