Qualifications
Key Responsibilities:Maintain and enhance the system architecture, converting mission and operational needs into precise technical specifications. Develop and manage system requirements, interface control documents (ICDs), and functional decomposition for aircraft subsystems. Lead interdisciplinary integration efforts across avionics, propulsion, structures, autonomy, and ground systems to ensure well-defined and validated subsystem interfaces. Create and implement a digital thread to support configuration management processes. Conduct system-level trade studies and participate in design reviews to inform architectural decisions that balance performance, risk, schedule, and weight constraints. Assist in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) integration testing, including anomaly investigation and resolution. Collaborate with ground and flight test teams to develop and execute system verification plans.
About the job
About Swarm Aero
Swarm Aero builds and operates a large network of swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The company focuses on developing aircraft designed for coordinated group operations and Command & Control software that allows human operators to direct thousands of autonomous UAVs at once.
Team Background
The team includes professionals with experience launching and exiting startups, securing defense contracts worth billions, and engineering over 30 aircraft. Team members have worked at organizations such as Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.
Role Overview: Systems Engineer
This Systems Engineer position centers on advancing Swarm Aero’s UAV architecture. The role covers the full lifecycle: from gathering requirements through integration and flight operations. Swarm Aero’s UAVs are built to operate in non-segregated airspace and at a range of altitudes. The Systems Engineer will help shape these sophisticated platforms as they move from design to real-world deployment.
Location
Oxnard, CA
About Swarm Aero
Swarm Aero is at the forefront of transforming aerial capabilities, developing an expansive network of swarming UAVs designed to redefine air power. With a team of industry veterans and a commitment to pioneering technology, we are quickly advancing towards our goal of launching revolutionary aircraft and software that empower operators to achieve unparalleled results.