Avionics Systems Architect

Quick Facts

• Position: Avionics Systems Architect
• Work context: Engineering team focused on civil and military helicopter avionics systems architecture
• Collaboration: Transnational team; coordination with stakeholders across avionics, vehicle systems, safety, certification, and customer support
• Schedule/leave: 35-hour work week; 30 days annual vacation

Description

You will define avionics concepts, functional architecture, and avionics requirements for helicopter programs. You will lead functional analyses, validate and cascade requirements, specify external avionics interfaces, and run design trade-off analyses considering safety, availability, customer needs, cost, weight, space, reusability, and industry strategy. You will ensure verification activities and prepare qualification and certification evidence at avionics level, including flight release activities.

Responsibilities

• Elicit stakeholder needs from projects, programs, marketing, support, and end users/customers
• Define avionics operational concepts and use cases
• Perform functional analyses and define functional architecture and functional flows
• Specify functional and non-functional requirements for the avionics system
• Validate and cascade overall avionics requirements to individual avionics functions
• Define external avionics interfaces
• Develop the most effective avionics design via trade-off analyses (e.g., safety and availability, customer requirements, cost, weight, space, reusability, family concept, industry strategy and partnerships)
• Lead avionics-level filter boards to assess problem reports
• Ensure avionics-level verification activities
• Create technical evidence documents for qualification and certification at avionics level
• Lead activities related to flight clearance
• Manage interfaces with other helicopter systems, the ground segment, and open-world connectivity

Requirements

• Degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor or Master) with extensive additional experience/training, or PhD
• Practical experience in similar operational task areas
• Advantage: knowledge of DOORS, Visio, Reqtify, Mantis, Nectar, Windchill, Cameo, and 3DEXPERIENCE (TRA/TRM/EEW/RGD)
• Team-oriented, customer-focused, solution-driven mindset
• Ability to work in complex environments and manage priorities/urgent tasks reliably
• Negotiation-level English; French and German are an advantage

Benefits

• Attractive compensation and additional benefits
• Flexible work models
• Ongoing training and group-wide development opportunities
• Health offers, canteen and cafeteria
• Diverse and inclusive international environment
• Tailored personal development opportunities