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# Lead Systems Engineer at Acron Aviation

- **Company:** Acron Aviation
- **Location:** St Petersburg, FL
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-06-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/acronaviation/f98caaa9-85b3-4003-967d-41374bf94391

## Job description

About Acron Aviation (Avionics – Recorders): Acron Aviation designs, engineers, and manufactures certified avionics systems that support safety-critical flight operations across commercial and military aviation. Within Avionics, the Recorders product line develops and sustains cockpit voice recorders, flight data recorders, and integrated data acquisition systems that enable regulatory compliance, safety insight, and operational performance across global fleets. These systems are deployed across commercial, military, and rotorcraft platforms and require deep expertise across systems, hardware, software, and lifecycle sustainment in highly regulated environments.

Position Summary We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Systems Project Engineer to lead the design, development, integration, and testing of advanced avionics systems for aerospace platforms. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in avionics architecture, systems engineering processes, and regulatory compliance, with a proven ability to manage complex projects and mentor junior engineers.

The Lead Systems Engineer (LSE) is an individual contributor who carries both the full project coordination responsibilities for their assigned program and the systems engineering responsibilities for their technical scope. This person does not manage other engineers in a supervisory sense — they are a peer-level technical contributor who reports to an Engineering Manager — but they are accountable for planning, scheduling, and tracking the work of the entire project team, not just their own.

What distinguishes this role from a pure systems engineer is dual accountability: the LSE defines the WBS for the whole project, maintains the IMS for all contributors, tracks every team member's deliverables against schedule, and surfaces risks and variances to the Engineering Manager — while simultaneously producing systems engineering artifacts for their own technical scope. The project coordination function is not delegated to a separate PM; the LSE owns it.

Project Coordination

- Define and maintain the project WBS and IMS for the full program scope across all disciplines; baseline the schedule against contractual milestones and update weekly to reflect actual progress
- Track deliverable status for every contributor on the project — software, hardware, systems, test, supplier — and report consolidated schedule performance (SPI, critical path variance) to the Engineering Manager
- Own and maintain the project action item register from all reviews, audits, and customer meetings; assign owners and due dates and drive every item to closure
- Prepare consolidated project status packages for internal program reviews and customer IPT meetings; present on behalf of the Engineering Manager when delegated
- Lead biweekly risk reviews with the full project team; maintain the risk register, assign mitigation owners across disciplines, and escalate high-exposure items
- Coordinate all formal design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FCA/PCA) — schedule, entry criteria packages, facilitation, and action item distribution — for the full project
- Manage subcontractor and supplier deliverable tracking within the project: CDRL schedule, acceptance criteria, receipt confirmation, and risk escalation
- Coordinate project resource loading with the Engineering Manager; flag schedule conflicts, over-allocations, and critical path dependencies across the team
- Maintain the project configuration baseline; process ECPs and deviation/waiver requests from all team members through CCB with completed impact assessments

Systems Engineering (own technical scope)

- Own all systems engineering deliverables for the assigned product or subsystem scope — requirements, ICDs, RTM, SVVP, safety inputs — from program kickoff through delivery and sustaining
- Translate customer SOW and specification requirements into a decomposed DOORS requirements baseline with full traceability to test
- Prepare and present subsystem-level artifact packages for formal design reviews; close all systems engineering action items assigned to this role
- Develop and maintain the verification and validation plan for the assigned systems engineering scope; define test cases and coordinate test execution
- Coordinate DO-160G environmental qualification test planning for assigned hardware elements; review test reports and disposition discrepancies
- Support FAA/EASA DER or ODA activities for the assigned scope: prepare compliance checklists, issue papers, and MOPS compliance matrices
- Support cybersecurity compliance activities per DO-326A / DO-356A for avionics network interfaces within the assigned scope
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives under AS9100 / CMMI-DEV and share lessons learned with the broader team

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree with 9+ years of relevant experience, Master's degree with 7+ years of relevant experience, or 13+ years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
- 8+ years of experience in avionics systems engineering, or prior relevant experience
- Strong knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle, and requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS)
- Experience with Project Coordination, Schedule Management, and Risk Management
- Experience with embedded systems, real-time software, and hardware/software integration
- Familiarity with ARP-4753, MIL-STD, ARINC, and RTCA standards
- Experience with system requirement authoring and traceability, interface definition, validation and verification, system integration, lab testing, and flight test support
- Excellent communication, documentation, and project leadership skills

## Preferred Additional Skills

- Experience with data recorder products (FDR/CVR/CVDR), crash survivability and data recovery standards
- Familiarity with DO-160G, DO-178C, DO-254, and ED-112A standards
- Knowledge of System Safety, Functional Hazard Assessments, and fault tree analysis
- Knowledge of cybersecurity in avionics systems (DO-326A / DO-356A)

## About Acron Aviation

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Acron Aviation delivers avionics, pilot training, flight data intelligence, and simulation solutions for commercial aviation operators and OEMs worldwide.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by TJC LP in November 2023 for $800M)
- **Headquarters**: St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
- **Founded**: 2023 (as Acron Aviation, with heritage tracing back more than 90 years to Edwin Link’s first flight simulator)
- **Founders**: Not disclosed (spun out from L3Harris’s Commercial Aviation Solutions business)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
- **Target customers**: Aircraft operators (commercial, corporate, rotary-wing), airframe OEMs, and pilot training organizations (B2B, enterprise)
- **Mission**: “Innovate to create safer skies.”

## Products & Services
- **Avionics Systems**: OEM-certified ADS-B surveillance, configurable voice and data recorders, collision avoidance systems, navigation displays and processors, thermal switches.
- **Flight Data Intelligence**: Flight data monitoring, operational analytics, and risk management services (monitors 18,000+ flights per day).
- **Pilot Training**: Full Flight Simulators and training devices, with training centers in London (UK), Bangkok (Thailand), and Miami (USA). Also offers distance learning and maintenance training solutions.
- **Driver Training Solutions**: Professional-grade driving simulators and training programs for commercial and fleet operators.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly traded; acquired for $800M in November 2023.
- **Key Metric**: 130,000+ recorders, displays, and processors delivered; 350+ flight simulators in operation; 18,000+ flights monitored daily.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Owned by private equity firm TJC LP. Acquired Trakka Systems in October 2025.
- **Growth Signals**: 611 employees (+90% year-over-year, +520 people); global footprint across 12 countries (USA, UK, Thailand, India, France, etc.); recent acquisition of Trakka Systems; active job postings for engineering and systems roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- Over 90 years of combined heritage in aviation simulation and avionics (original Link simulator lineage).
- Unique “tier 1.5” positioning: combines OEM-certified hardware with turnkey training and data analytics under one roof.
- Global support network with AOG services, spares, repairs, and refurbished equipment across multiple continents.
- Extensive installed base (millions of flight hours of data, 350+ simulators) providing network effects for training and data services.

## Strategic Focus
- Become the unconventional “tier 1.5 partner of choice” for customers.
- Expand capabilities through acquisitions (e.g., Trakka Systems for electro-optical systems).
- Continue investing in flight data analytics and simulation technology to drive safety and efficiency.
- Scale headcount and global production facilities to meet growing demand.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: “Move Fast. Own It. Customer First. Speak Candidly.” Emphasis on collaboration, creativity, and diversity through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/office roles across multiple US locations (St. Petersburg HQ, Burnsville, Grand Rapids, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Sanford) plus UK (London) and Thailand (Bangkok).
- **Benefits (US highlights)**:
  - Competitive compensation
  - Medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA
  - 10 holidays + flexible time-off; some locations offer 9/80 schedules
  - 401k match up to 6%
  - 6 weeks parental leave
  - Wellness programs and Employee Assistance Program
  - Education assistance for qualified degree programs
- **Benefits (UK highlights)**:
  - Pension employer match up to 7%
  - 25 days holiday + bank holidays, buy/sell up to 5 days
  - Life assurance (4x salary)
  - Private medical insurance and Digital GP
- **Benefits (Thailand highlights)**:
  - Group health & life insurance including dental
  - Provident fund
  - Transportation allowance
  - Annual health check-up
- **Engineering Culture**: Opportunities across embedded hardware, FPGA, software V&V, systems engineering, avionics reliability, and electro-optical systems. Strong focus on safety-critical technology.

## Sources
1. [acronaviation.com](https://acronaviation.com/)
2. [Acron Aviation About Us](https://acronaviation.com/about-us/)
3. [Acron Aviation Careers](https://acronaviation.com/careers/)
4. [Acron Aviation Jobs on Lever](https://jobs.lever.co/acronaviation)
5. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/acronaviation)

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