Sr Staff Software Engineer - Control Systems - GE Aerospace

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Identify, develop, evaluate, introduce, and manage engineering solutions for product control and control system technology needs. Apply control theory and mathematical modeling to design and control systems with desired behaviors. Includes operability, setting of boundaries, cycle optimization, control logic, control related software, sensors, hardware and software algorithms, and feedback to control the performance of devices, subsystems and systems.
• Broadening knowledge of own technical discipline to execute policy/strategy. May include support roles with specialized technical field of knowledge; still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills.
• Basic understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. Good understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• May have some autonomy to make decisions within a defined framework. Resolves issues in situations that require good technical knowledge and judgment within established procedures. Consults more senior team members for issues outside of defined instructions/parameters.
• A job at this level requires good interpersonal skills and may be required to lead a junior team. For customer facing roles, develops strong customer relationships and serves as the interface between customer and GE. Explains technical information to others.
• Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures.
• Participate as a presenter or reviewer in technical and program reviews.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 8 years' experience related to Aircraft Engine Controls Systems and Software development.
• This role requires the successful candidate to obtain and maintain US Government Security Clearance; prerequisite for a security clearance is U.S. citizenship.

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with NPSS Simulation tools and Python.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a structured team environment.
• Passion to develop Aircraft Engine Controls methodologies including hardware & software integration, requirements development and documentation, logic design, development and validation, and providing support for the product software release process.
• Intrigued to work in an environment and on projects that can't necessarily be shared with others
• Relevant experience developing Engine Controls Systems requirements
• Relevant experience developing Engine Controls logic utilizing MATLAB/Simulink environment and related toolset