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Business GE Aviation
Business Segment Aviation
About Us
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Posted Position Title Avionics / FMS - Lead Engineer / Technologist
Career Level Experienced
Function Engineering/Technology
Function Segment Product Design and Development
Location(s) Where Opening Is Available United States
U.S. State, China or Canada Provinces Florida
Michigan
City Grand Rapids MI, Clearwater FL
Postal Code 49512-1934
Relocation Expenses Yes
Role Summary/Purpose GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. The Avionics / FMS - Lead Engineer / Technologist will develop practical and innovative ways to meet Flight Management Software Design goals. In this role, you will utilize your experience and/or engineering expertise to solve problems, be responsible for work that is less defined in scope, and have the ability to effect short-term and some long-term business goals while advancing GE''s state of the art Flight Management software.
Essential Responsibilities In addition, you will:
* Execute the design, analysis, or evaluation of assigned projects using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements
* Provide technical leadership to personnel supporting the assigned project
* Document technical data generated by the assigned project consistent with engineering policies and procedures
* Provide timely communications on significant issues or developments
* Participate on teams assigned to address organizational initiatives and generic issues
* Participate as a presenter or reviewer in technical and program reviews
* Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures
Qualifications/Requirements
* Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, or related discipline from an accredited college or university
* Minimum of 5 years of professional software development experience, OR a minimum of 5 years of prior systems or software experience working on FMS or other software based avionics products
Eligibility Requirements:
* Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
* Ability and willingness to travel, as required
Additional Eligibility Qualifications GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.
Desired Characteristics
* Ability to work with local and remote and cross-cultural teams
* Strong listening, questioning, clarifying and summarizing skills to effectively communicate in 1-on-1 and small group settings
* Ability to meet engineering schedule demands in a dynamic environment with multiple customers (Strong project and time management skills)
* Demonstrated ability to influence and/or lead small to medium sized project teams
* A willingness to work on projects which support either of our military or civil customers
* Familiarity with disciplined software development approaches such as RTCA DO-178B
* Desire to work in an environment where safety considerations are the backdrop for all critical engineering solutions
* Embedded Software development experience
* Experience programming in ADA 83 or ADA 95, experience in other software programming languages
* Ability to negotiate complex designs, seeking simple software solutions which meet requirements of simplicity, maintainability and testability
* Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles
* PC proficiency
* Knowledge of DOORS, Dimensions, and Rational Apex
* MS1553 and ARINC429 communications protocols (Given that responsibilities could include I/O)
* Experience with analysis of real-time aspects of hardware and software issues
* Matlab or other engineering / analysis tools
* Familiarity with computer aided Flight Planning concepts
* Familiarity with ARINC specifications such as ARINC 424, 702A, and a desire to learn how it applies to GE Aviation products
* Familiarity with avionics navaids including; GPS, VOR, DME, TACAN, and Inertial based navigation is helpful
* Knowledge of polar navigation challenges and a basic understanding of various Earth Model methods (spherical, WGS-84, etc.)
* Relational database design experience
* Experience with Model Based Development
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