SkyGrid, a Boeing Company, exists to open the sky for autonomous flight. Based in Austin, Texas, SkyGrid builds ground based high-assurance third-party services to enable the safe operations and airspace integration of highly automated and autonomous aircraft. SkyGrid also acts as a key operational nexus for advanced air mobility, integrating and managing data, infrastructure, access, and traffic to support seamless and efficient air traffic services.
The SkyGrid team is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to support activities across the company portfolio. In doing so, you will take on a key role in defining and architecting SkyGrid’s systems across the Systems Engineering “V”, including development of use cases, requirements, and functional architectures. In addition, the responsibilities of the role include support for certification activities and planning for formal verification and validation activities. You will work with engineers across multiple disciplines as well as Integrated Product Team leads, other systems engineers, program managers, and the Chief Engineer. Success in this role requires a combination of technical skills, soft skills, and leadership experience.
Performance Objectives:
- Lead and execute on critical systems engineering activities for one or more SkyGrid systems through Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews.
- Support the development of the System/Subsystem Design Description documents and update System designs and architectures accordingly in support of Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews.
- Coordinate activities with other team members and support junior staff.
Responsibilities:
- Advance and support system development activities including planning, requirements, design, implementation, verification, and validation.
- Support compliance in accordance with ARP4754A development practices, including the creation of related artifacts.
- Guide and support system design compliance with certification, cyber security, quality, and safety standards.
- Assist the Systems Engineering Manager in the continuous improvement of system engineering processes and methodologies.
- Support all Systems Engineering aspects of project planning, scheduling, staffing, and resource allocation.
- Provide executive status reports to leadership as required during weekly status updates and monthly Program Management Reviews.
- Trade studies to evaluate different concepts and architectures
- Development of use cases, behavioral diagrams, requirements, and validation methods
- Implementation of behavior driven development principles within an agile development process
- Ensure traceability, justification, and validation artifacts for requirements from CONOPS to proposed design requirements
- Coordination with the Systems Engineering Team
- Provide ownership of all candidate requirements developed for prototypes up tot TRL 5 and model dependencies and assumptions between different prototype development
- Support standards development, domestic and international research engagements and the development of white papers and CONOPS
- Support technology roadmap and technology maturation processes
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering or related STEM degree from an accredited university or college.
- 7+ years of experience working in a highly technical, aerospace-related industry.
- 5+ years of experience working in a Systems Engineering position.
- Familiarity with all phases of the SE design process, including requirements development, system and software architecture definition, validation and verification, and system integration activities.
- Experience with ARP 4754A and ability to support System Safety reviews per ARP 4761.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in engineering or related field.
