Senior Engineer - Systems Engineering

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 Staff Systems Engineer (formerly titled Senior Systems Engineer) is responsible for leading a team through all parts of the engineering lifecycle while aligning to overall business objectives, project timelines, and customer expectations. In this role, you will leverage Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) experience to assist GE's Common Core Systems (CCS) team develop and manage technical objectives for multiple aircraft platforms.

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 requirements and 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 develop system architectures, requirements, interfaces, integration, 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 has the ability to influence and lead departmental operations, personnel development (mentoring), and hiring. The role is expected to identify technical and schedule risks across all disciplines involved in the project. A self-starter will excel here. Sound judgment and leadership skills are required.

Location Preference: Ideally, candidate is local to the greater Grand Rapids, MI area, or secondly Clearwater, FL.

Hybrid 3 days/week on-site (Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday). Optional remote Monday and Friday.

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 IMA technologies. This role provides technical leadership and assistance to project teams to insure they deliver on cost, quality, schedule, and technical milestones.

This position has the following essential responsibilities:

• Ability to direct and influence the Systems Engineering Lifecycle for IMA products/technologies.
• May contribute to the development and verification plans in accordance with GE Aviation processes.

• 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 and certification teams.
• Escalate issues that need additional engineering or business leadership assistance in a timely manner.
• Uses best judgment to make decisions or solve complex tasks/problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering as needed.
• Takes new perspective on existing solutions - a fresh set of eyes
• 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.
• 12+ years of experience in design & development and/or technical project leadership within an engineering product development environment.
• US Citizen: 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 prior to employment.

• Ability to travel 10%.

Desired Characteristics:

• Knowledge of the Boeing 777x and 787 airplane and related systems.
• Prior experience managing or designing within an Avionics Design Assurance Level A Environment.
• DO-297, ARP 4754A, DO-178, 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.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams in development, integration, validation, and 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.
• Strong knowledge of Avionics maintainability and testability.
• Ability and desire to mentor other engineers in key technical areas.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not U.S. lawful permanent residents, U.S. Citizens, or have been granted asylee or refugee status (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), employment 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