Lead systems engineering efforts for development and certification of aircraft electrical hardware: author certification/spec docs, verify requirements traceability, review schematics, develop high-reliability electronics, elicit and decompose requirements, and support process improvements while working onsite with clients.
About Volant Partners
Volant Partners provides business and engineering consulting services to companies across the United States. We thrive by solving complex problems with a focus on regulated industries. We best serve our customers by attracting and retaining the very best consultants. Consequently, we have structured ourselves as an employee-owned company. Volant Partners was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Job Description
Volant Partners, Inc is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer with a strong electrical engineering background to assist our clients with the development and deployment of their products and hardware. Responsibilities vary, but the selected candidate will contribute to areas such as authoring and updating certification documentation and verifying requirements traceability among various electrical diagrams and schematics.
Successful candidates will use their knowledge in systems engineering combined with their experience in electrical engineering to successfully manage complex projects and drive results. We are looking for self-starters and decision makers that are comfortable in new situations where success is dependent on quickly understanding client challenges and addressing them. This individual must have excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation) and be able to communicate effectively with different engineering disciplines, project and client leadership.
This position will be fully onsite and we are only seeking candidates in the greater Seattle area at this time.
Typical Responsibilities
- Author technical specifications
- Author and modify existing certification documentation
- Design and certify panels used in aircrafts
- Develop complex, high-reliability electronic hardware for aircrafts
- Review, understand, and assess schematics to ensure that design align with requirements
- Identify any gaps between the schematics and the certification documentation
- Requirement elicitation, decomposition
- Requirement allocation and tracking
- Participate in processes improvement
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, mathematics, electrical, computer science or related technical course of study
- Minimum of 6+ years of engineering or consulting experience
- A consultative mindset and strong communication skills (verbal, written, and presentations) to work directly with client multidisciplinary teams to solve problems and advance client’s objectives
- Proven systems engineering and problem-solving skills in an integrated team environment
- Proven track record of managing time and resources to meet deadlines
- Ability to define and interpret high level requirements and trace these requirements to product electrical schematics and diagrams
- A foundation in digital and analog circuit design, analysis, power conversion, and PCB layout.
- Skills in requirement verification activities
- Ability to make decisions and execute to the plan
- Experience with requirements development, management and traceability
- Specialized knowledge of electrical engineering and how it relates to systems engineering
- Experience developing and decomposing system and subsystem requirements
- Ability to earn the trust of clients and influence leadership and key technical resources
- Maintains positive and professional relationships and promotes an environment of teamwork and collaboration in a diverse work environment
- Available to be onsite at client facilities in the greater Seattle area
- Must be a US Person - U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in regulated industries such as defense or aviation
- Experience working in a consulting or engineering services company
- Experience with product development life cycle
- Experience using industry leading requirements management tools (DOORS Classic/DNG, JAMA etc.)
- Experience using Confluence and JIRA
- Knowledge of Configuration Management
Compensation & Benefits
The salary range for this position is currently $142,000 to $177,000 based on current market data. Actual compensation will depend on the successful candidates’ work location, qualifications, skills, and depth of experience. As an employee-owned company, the total compensation for this position will include Stock Options and eligibility for the Utilization, VP Accelerator and Profit-Sharing bonus programs. Our comprehensive benefits include 401k matching; medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible spending accounts; life and disability insurance; and a generous company contribution to an HSA account. Employees will also receive 15 days paid vacation and 10 days paid sick leave each year, as well as 12+ paid holidays scheduled throughout the calendar year.
The salary range for this position is currently $142,000 to $177,000 based on current market data. Actual compensation will depend on the successful candidates’ work location, qualifications, skills, and depth of experience. As an employee-owned company, the total compensation for this position will include Stock Options and eligibility for the Utilization, VP Accelerator and Profit-Sharing bonus programs. Our comprehensive benefits include 401k matching; medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible spending accounts; life and disability insurance; and a generous company contribution to an HSA account. Employees will also receive 15 days paid vacation and 10 days paid sick leave each year, as well as 12+ paid holidays scheduled throughout the calendar year.
Volant Partners, Inc Seattle, Washington, USA Office
Seattle, WA, United States
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