# Lead Hardware-in-the-Loop Engineer

Hiring organization: [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/fb839a06-cf8d-44bf-adbe-3ac203c94acb

Listed on AeroVironment's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Huntsville, AL
- Salary: 137500 – 209750 USD per year

## Summary

Lead a hardware-in-the-loop engineering team designing and deploying test systems for advanced guidance, navigation, and avionics validation. This role combines hands-on electrical engineering with technical leadership across a multidisciplinary team supporting missile and autonomous systems development.

_Our summary, not AeroVironment's wording._

## Skills named

Configuration Management, MATLAB

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- 8+ years electrical hardware design and avionics integration experience
- Direct HWIL system design, build, and deployment experience
- Leadership experience with small engineering teams
- Avionics hardware lifecycle management
- Configuration Management processes (ECO, DCO, NCR, MRB, ERB)
- Environmental qualification testing (ATP/QTP) experience
- Controls systems and GNC integration knowledge
- Electrical system design and hardware integration expertise
- Technical data package development experience
- U.S. citizenship
- ITAR-compliant U.S. person status

## Nice to have

- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
- Missile or hypersonic systems background
- HWIL systems development for missile flight hardware
- Trajectory analysis or radar modeling experience
- MATLAB-based analysis tool familiarity
- Prior hiring manager or section lead experience
- Secret or Top Secret clearance or ability to obtain

Apply on AeroVironment's site: https://avav.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AVAV/job/410-Jan-Davis-Drive-NorthWest-Huntsville-AL/Lead-Hardware-in-the-Loop-Engineer_7916