Systems Engineer
Kearfott Corporation
- Black Mountain, NC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Supporting the design and development of electromechanical actuation systems for use in aircraft, missiles, land-based, and space-based products.
- Evaluating customer requirements, both technical and programmatic, and evaluating lower level requirements for mechanical, electrical, software, firmware, and test stand elements of actuation programs.
- Support technical program managers with schedule, task, and cost performance tracking.
- Support the development team to ensure design choices meet customer requirements.
- Supporting proposal efforts, prototype development and other New Product Introduction (NPI) activities culminating in the transition of new products into production.
- Travel as required to support market development and customer needs.
- Support proposal efforts.
- Support and advance relationships with our customers and their engineering teams
- Supports requirements maintenance of electromechanical actuation systems for use in aerospace and defense applications.
- Reviews customer specifications, and assesses compliance of design to the requirements.
- Understands FAA, EASA, or military certification requirements, and follows associated design / development processes.
- Understands system safety, reliability, and maintainability aspects of the product.
- Evaluates sub-assembly specification requirements from end item specifications, and evaluates requirements / test / code traceability using IBM Rational DOORS (Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System).
- Knowledge of performance modeling using Matlab / Simulink, PLECS or similar tools.
- Supports integration of mechanical, electrical, software / firmware, and test project artifacts to ensure the system meets customer requirements.
- Supports cost proposal activity including manufacturing and design cost assessment.
- Supports development efforts for customer funded projects as well as IR&D projects.
- Supports product design analysis.
- Supports project management with task tracking.
- Understanding of manufacturing and design trade-offs (practical implementation of designs).
- Understanding of the dynamic behavior of electromechanical systems.
- Familiarity with regulations, certification standards, design assurance, and systems standards such FAR 25, ARP4754, DO-254, DO-178C, MIL-STD-882E is a plus.
- Customer centric attitude.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to participate and contribute in a cross functional team environment.
- Ability to effectively communicate, in writing and verbally, across functional areas.
- Drives for results; action oriented.
- Continuously improves in all aspects.
- Flight controls understanding or experience is a plus.
- DXL scripting for DOORS is a plus.
- Systems design, development and integration experience is a plus.
- B S. in Systems, Mechanical, Electrical or Aerospace Engineering -- required.
- Basic understanding of aerospace and defense markets and requirements -- preferred.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the US; visa sponsorship is not available.
- Supports requirements maintenance of electromechanical actuation systems for use in aerospace and defense applications.
- Reviews customer specifications, and assesses compliance of design to the requirements.
- Understands FAA, EASA, or military certification requirements, and follows associated design / development processes.
- Understands system safety, reliability, and maintainability aspects of the product.
- Evaluates sub-assembly specification requirements from end item specifications, and evaluates requirements / test / code traceability using IBM Rational DOORS (Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System).
- Knowledge of performance modeling using Matlab / Simulink, PLECS or similar tools.
- Supports integration of mechanical, electrical, software / firmware, and test project artifacts to ensure the system meets customer requirements.
- Supports cost proposal activity including manufacturing and design cost assessment.
- Supports development efforts for customer funded projects as well as IR&D projects.
- Supports product design analysis.
- Supports project management with task tracking.
- Understanding of manufacturing and design trade-offs (practical implementation of designs).
- Understanding of the dynamic behavior of electromechanical systems.
- Familiarity with regulations, certification standards, design assurance, and systems standards such FAR 25, ARP4754, DO-254, DO-178C, MIL-STD-882E is a plus.
- Customer centric attitude.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to participate and contribute in a cross functional team environment.
- Ability to effectively communicate, in writing and verbally, across functional areas.
- Drives for results; action oriented.
- Continuously improves in all aspects.
- Flight controls understanding or experience is a plus.
- DXL scripting for DOORS is a plus.
- Systems design, development and integration experience is a plus.
- B S. in Systems, Mechanical, Electrical or Aerospace Engineering -- required.
- Basic understanding of aerospace and defense markets and requirements -- preferred.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the US; visa sponsorship is not available.