Principal Electrical Engineer - Instrumentation Lead

SNC has led thoughtful and disruptive change in the aerospace and defense industry for the past 60 years and now, were applying this tenacity and expertise to the U.S.
Air Forces (USAF) Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) mission.
Join the SNC-led SAOC team and be a part of exciting and meaningful work to modernize and deliver the next-generation SAOC aircraft trusted by the President, Secretary of Defense and Chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ensure continued critical command, control and communication during national emergencies.
If youre passionate about building the airborne command post of the future, consider SNC for your next mission.
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The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems.
Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support.
IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.
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You will be leading a large instrumentation test team across the full spectrum of test operations to include data acquisition package design and installation; test planning, execution, analysis, and reporting support; data management; flight operations support; and customer interactions.

Responsibilities:

• Leading a large team across a fleet of test aircraft through a full-scale test campaign
• Leading the instrumentation effort from design to de-modification through requirements development, design, lab test, integration, and test operations support
• Participating in customer lead Integrated Test discussions at the Senior Leadership level
• Coordinating with Test Engineering & Operations teams on instrumentation needs, schedule, and facilities
• Status work activity as a Control Account Manager
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate instrumentation requirements into hardware and software specifications
• Act as a technical liaison to the Test Engineering Manager

Must-haves:

• Experience with extensive ground and flight test programs
• Experience with 14 CFR Part 25 testing
• Experience with Military Systems testing
• Experience independently executing functional responsibilities for small to medium sized programs
• Familiar with Ethernet, 1553, ARINC 429, and CAN bus protocol
• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering field of study and typically 14 years of experience

Preferred Skills:

• Previous leadership experience:
  exposure to recruiting employees including assigning, directing and evaluating their work and overseeing the development and maintenance of staff competence
• Ability to independently execute functional responsibilities for large programs
• Large transport category jet aircraft test experience
• Experience with designing and utilizing complex instrumentation data acquisition packages
• Experience generating electrical and mechanical drawings for instrumentation installation activity
• Software development or coding experience

At SNC we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors.
SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S.
companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S.
Air Force, and as one of Americas fastest-growing companies.
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SNC offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

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Were known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation.
We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nations most critical security needs.
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