Systems Engineer

• Lead system-level design, integration, verification, and validation activities for aircraft datalink communication systems
• Define and manage system requirements, interface control documents, message flows, protocol behavior, assumptions, and compliance evidence with clear traceability
• Evaluate datalink performance, reliability, interoperability, availability, latency, throughput, error handling, and degraded-mode operation
• Support architecture and design trade studies for ACARS, ATN/OSI, ATN/IPS, VDL Mode 2, SATCOM, CPDLC, FANS, and IP-based aircraft-to-ground communication capabilities
• Support certification planning, safety reviews, requirements validation, verification evidence, and compliance closure aligned with DO-178C, DO-254, ARP4754A, and ARP4761 practices
• Investigate complex lab, flight-test, customer, and field issues using system logs, data traces, protocol captures, simulations, bench equipment, and structured root-cause analysis
• Provide senior technical guidance to cross-functional teams during design reviews, integration events, certification reviews, and issue-resolution discussions
• Travel within the U.S. and/or internationally 20%

Systems Engineer jobs in Kansas

Lead Systems Engineer