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Systems Engineer. Aircraft Software

Swarm Aero
Oxnard, USA
Full-time
Senior · 7+ years experience
Onsite
USD 140000-200000 / year
Discovered 1 weeks ago

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Nice to Have

  • Background in flight control, avionics, or propulsion subsystem integration
  • Experience with ARP4754 and ARP4761
  • Exposure to defense programs, military airworthiness, or flight authorization processes including MIL-HDBK-516
  • Active security clearance
  • ITAR requirement
  • To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
  • Swarm Aero is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse backgrounds and experiences and make employment decisions without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability. What We Offer
  • Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company
  • Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
  • Medical, dental, vision, and 401k
  • PTO and paid sick leave
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Daily catered lunch (office)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Direct impact on a critical national security mission
  • A world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems
  • Swarm Aero is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse backgrounds and experiences and make employment decisions without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in systems engineering on aerospace, defense, or UAS platforms with a focus on software
  • Strong foundation in systems engineering principles and practices
  • Ability to write clear, verifiable, and testable requirements using industry-standard patterns
  • Familiarity with authoring and maintaining requirements using modern digital tools (e.g. Jama, Polarion, JIRA, etc.)
  • Expertise in software development and verification activities for civil or military aircraft
  • Experience with formal methods for verification and validation (e.g. DO-333)
  • Experience with software development standards for civil aviation (e.g. DO-178, DO-254)
  • Experience with software aspects of military safety standards and handbooks (e.g. MIL-STD-882, JSSSEH)
  • Ability to obtain US Government clearance required

Responsibilities

  • Lead implementation of software standards, process, and development approaches
  • Maintain and refine the software system architecture
  • Derive software requirements from the functional decomposition of aircraft subsystems
  • Define clean interfaces for software interoperability
  • Work closely with design engineers in propulsion, avionics, and flight control
  • Produce and manage verification artifacts for requirements traceability
  • Participate in design reviews to drive architecture decisions that balance performance, risk, schedule, and complexity constraints
  • Support hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) integration testing including investigation and resolution of anomalies
  • Coordinate with ground and flight test teams to define software verification plans
  • Identify, track, and mitigate technical risk across the program lifecycle, escalating issues with data-driven recommendations
  • Contribute to airworthiness and flight authorization documentation
  • 7+ years of experience in systems engineering on aerospace, defense, or UAS platforms with a focus on software
  • Strong foundation in systems engineering principles and practices
  • Ability to write clear, verifiable, and testable requirements using industry-standard patterns
  • Familiarity with authoring and maintaining requirements using modern digital tools (e.g. Jama, Polarion, JIRA, etc.)
  • Expertise in software development and verification activities for civil or military aircraft
  • Experience with formal methods for verification and validation (e.g. DO-333)
  • Experience with software development standards for civil aviation (e.g. DO-178, DO-254)
  • Experience with software aspects of military safety standards and handbooks (e.g. MIL-STD-882, JSSSEH)
  • Ability to obtain US Government clearance required

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