Aerospace System Engineer
Precise Systems · Tucson, AZ
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Jul 12, 2026
Tucson, AZ
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role focused on designing, integrating, and verifying single-board computer (SBC) avionics platforms and automated test equipment (ATE) for aerospace and defense applications. Day-to-day work spans requirements definition, hardware architecture, cross-functional coordination across electronics and mechanical teams, qualification testing (vibration, thermal, EMI/EMC), and failure analysis. Suited to engineers with 5+ years in safety-critical embedded systems who can read schematics and manage verification traceability.
Senior level · 5+ years · National · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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Why we read it this way (7)
SOC classification is a judgement call: this role spans systems engineering, ATE design/integration, and embedded computing — it does not map cleanly to a single BLS code. 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) was chosen for its systems-integration and requirements-traceability focus; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is a reasonable alternative given the aerospace/defense embedded-systems emphasis.
The JD requires the ability to 'obtain and maintain' a Secret clearance — not an active clearance at time of hire — but this is treated as a hard gate since candidates who cannot obtain one would be rejected.
Preferred qualifications list Python, C++, LabVIEW, and TestStand as interchangeable options for test software development; all four are captured as preferred with cross-alternatives. Similarly, SCPI/VISA/PyVISA and the various bus interfaces (CAN, RS-422/485, SPI) are listed together as 'or similar' options.
DO-160, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, ARP4754A, and ARP4761 are all listed together under Preferred Qualifications as 'or similar frameworks'; they are captured as a single preferred skill with alternatives.
Several required items (reading schematics, configuration management, requirements management, V&V) are methodologies/practices rather than named tools; they are included because the JD explicitly gates on them as required knowledge/abilities, not merely as background context.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): requirements management, configuration management, PCB design.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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