Sr. Avionics Systems/DevOps Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Avionics Systems/DevOps Engineer for a three-year contract position based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This role will join the System Solutions team to lead the definition, development, and deployment of innovative engineering solutions that improve the systems engineering lifecycle across the organization. You will combine strong systems engineering expertise with hands-on DevSecOps experience, working across multidisciplinary teams to enhance requirements management, system architecture, verification, validation, and certification processes while driving adoption of CI/CD pipelines, toolchain integration, and engineering automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead definition, development, and deployment of systems engineering solutions across the organization
• Improve requirements management, system architecture, verification, validation, and certification processes
• Drive adoption and implementation of CI/CD pipelines and toolchain integration
• Develop and execute engineering automation initiatives using scripting languages and modern development practices
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including internal teams, external suppliers, and stakeholders
• Apply systems engineering principles and aerospace development standards throughout the development lifecycle
• Work within configuration-controlled environments, managing problem reports and change requests
• Lead smaller projects, work packages, and technical processes with practical project management capability
• Support requirements management and documentation across the full development lifecycle

Qualifications

• Required

• Experience across multiple areas of the systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements development, design, integration, verification, validation, and technical documentation

• Experience across the full development lifecycle for civil certification programs

• Experience or familiarity with DevSecOps

• Experience with requirements management tools such as Jama, Polarion, or DOORS

• Ability to develop automation using scripting languages including Python, Bash, and PowerShell, with thorough testing of implementations

• Experience with Git or other version control systems

• Experience working in aerospace or another highly regulated engineering environment

• Ability to collaborate across teams and work within Eastern Time Zone core and global teams, including India Standard Time

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work through complex technical issues

• Confidence working autonomously with limited oversight

• Strong communication skills and ability to work with internal teams, external suppliers, and stakeholders

• Practical project management capability, including ability to manage smaller projects, work packages, or technical processes

• Preferred

• Experience or interest in CI/CD pipelines

• Hands-on experience applying ARP4754 throughout the system development lifecycle

• Experience or interest in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles and tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, Teamwork Cloud, and SysML modeling