Principal Avionics Engineer

Principal Avionics Engineer

Hermeus is a high-speed aircraft manufacturer focused on the rapid design, build, and test of high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft for the national interest. Working directly with the Department of Defense, Hermeus delivers capabilities that will ensure that our nation, and our allies, maintain an asymmetric advantage over any and all potential adversaries.

Hermeus is seeking a Principal Avionics Engineer Ground Systems to lead the development, integration, and evolution of our Flight Deck the modular ground control station that enables mission operations across the Hermeus vehicle portfolio.

This role owns the full system lifecycle of the Flight Deck, including cockpit design, network infrastructure, voice communication systems, electrical distribution, physical security, environmental systems (e.g., HVAC), and maintenance. Youll manage both the initial buildout and future iterations of our ground systems and will act as the primary integrator and Responsible Engineer across hardware, software, operations, and customer teams.

Ground Systems Architecture Design & Integration

• Lead the design and integration of the Hermeus Flight Deck, ensuring modularity, scalability, and field resilience
• Own end-to-end development of ground avionics including cockpit controls, network topology, electrical distribution, and voice communications
• Define and decompose system-level requirements into hardware and software solutions
• Develop and oversee comprehensive integrated test plans, including subsystem and system-level verification, incremental integration strategies (e.g., top-down or bottom-up), and continuous integration test execution to validate performance, interoperability, and environmental readiness

Infrastructure & Operational Support

Cross-functional Collaboration

Future Development & Strategy

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Skills & Experience

Why Hermeus :

At Hermeus, were building the future of high-speed aviationand that includes the systems that make it controllable. The Flight Deck isnt just a consoleits a mission-critical backbone for operations. Join us and lead the engineering of the systems that command tomorrows flight.

U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS

The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. US persons include U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Hermeus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions at Hermeus are based solely on merit, competence, and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin / ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.

$105,000 - $225,000 a year

Compensation details : 105000-225000 Yearly Salary

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