Lead Systems Engineer, Flight Management Computing

GE Aerospace

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Grand Rapids, MI
Salary
$130,000–$173,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
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Below market

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This role $152k
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This role pays less than 71% of similar roles. Most pay $146,500–$193,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $152k versus about $170k for comparable roles.

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About GE Aerospace

GE Aerospace (General Electric Aerospace) designs and produces commercial and military jet engines, components, and integrated systems for aircraft manufacturers and airlines worldwide. Industry: Aerospace & Aviation Engines

GE Aerospace currently has 41 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Lead Systems Engineer, Flight Management Computing

Lead Systems Engineer - Flight Management Computing The Lead Systems Engineer - Flight Management Computing joins the engineering team to lead systems engineering activities across a portfolio of advanced avionics platforms for both military and civil applications. This role involves driving alignment between customer needs, technical requirements, product design, integration, and verification. The engineer will manage cross-platform commonality while overseeing requirement development, allocation, traceability, and validation. Day-to-day responsibilities include partnering with software and hardware teams to ensure robust system definition, managing key interfaces between components, and leading risk, trade study, and configuration control activities. The role requires expertise in systems engineering principles, including integration and verification strategies. The candidate will utilize technical judgment and data-driven analysis to solve complex challenges within the flight management computing domain, ensuring high-quality product solutions from initial concept through production and operation.

What you'll do

  • Lead systems engineering activities for Flight Management Computing programs across military and civil platforms.
  • Manage cross-platform commonality while ensuring program-specific system requirements are met.
  • Own the development, allocation, traceability, verification, and validation of all system requirements.
  • Coordinate with software and hardware teams to ensure requirements are fully implemented and verified.
  • Lead system integration activities across components and subsystems to maximize performance and quality.
  • Manage requirement flow-down to internal teams, suppliers, subcontractors, and partners.
  • Drive risk management, trade studies, and decision-making to optimize system design and execution.
  • Support configuration management and control activities throughout the product lifecycle.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
  • Minimum of 6 years of experience in systems engineering or a related engineering discipline.
  • U.S. citizenship status is required.
  • Ability to meet U.S. Person status for export-controlled information access.
  • Strong background in systems engineering principles, including requirements management, integration, verification, and validation (preferred).
  • Experience working in cross-functional engineering teams involving software, hardware, and program leadership (preferred).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical efforts, influence stakeholders, and drive execution in a complex product environment (preferred).
  • Strong analytical skills, communication skills, and experience with trade studies, risk management, and configuration control (preferred).

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