Air Methods

Private helicopter emergency medical services

Systems Engineer 3

Aerospace EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeEnglewood, CO, USA$114k - $142k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Aeronautical, Aerospace, Electrical, Systems, or a related engineering field, plus 7–10 years of related industry experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Comprehensive experience working in a high-aptitude engineering environment.
Demonstrated experience leading successful programs by creating a requirements-based culture using systems engineering tools and best practices.
Experience decomposing customer or marketing requirements into multidisciplinary engineering requirements.
Experience working within a phase-gate product design process.
Demonstrated success with new clean-sheet products progressing to production, including validation and verification in regulated industries.
Experience with Safety Hazard Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, and associated standards: MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-1629A, IEC 60812, and AS13004.
Familiarity with reliability analysis, including MTBF, planning, and testing.
Experience working with industry standards including DO-160, DO-254, DO-178C, IEEE 15288, IEEE 27465, IEEE 42010, IEEE Std 828, ANSI/AIAA G-043, ANSI/EIA 632 and 649B, ANSI/GEIA-STD-0009, the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook, ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 13407, ISO 13485, ISO 26262, ISO 31000, ISO 31010, Guide 73, IEC Guide 51, IEC Guide TR 19760, the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, SAE ARP 4754, and SE VOCAB 2010/2013.
Experience delivering difficult programs on schedule and within budget.
Strong business acumen, including the ability to understand business situations, strategies, theory, processes, management, budgeting, and operations.
Ability to manage multiple projects efficiently in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to collaborate professionally as a team member and strong interpersonal skills across organizational levels.
Experience with computer-aided design software.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Proficiency with SysML software such as Eclipse with Papyrus SysML, Siemens Polarion, or equivalent.
INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) or Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP) certification is required.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Sales and Business Development during the NPI Propose Phase to define and manage commercial or military engineering projects, provide technical leadership, and ensure technical compliance with budget, schedule, and performance requirements.
Lead airframe, subsystem, and component-level requirements capture, documentation, and management across mechanical and electrical engineering teams, using an appropriately scaled process for project complexity.
Interface with customers during project or program initiation to architect subsystems and components.
Define, document, and manage system and subsystem interface control documents and requirements in a SysML software platform.
Collaborate with Project Engineering to facilitate feasibility and conceptual System Requirements Reviews, align customer aircraft and systems with internal subsystems, and maintain complete and accurate project specifications throughout the lifecycle.
Develop technical quotes supporting Engineering Support Requests and project requirements.
Lead requirements decomposition during the NPI Plan Phase, including applicable 14 CFR and external customer requirements, and facilitate decomposition to component and functional levels for electrical and mechanical subsystems with engineering teams.
Review compliance methodologies and verification plans to ensure appropriate artifacts are generated.
Review risk assessments and requirement prioritization, and lead project risk management, including Safety Hazard Analysis, System Safety Assessment, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, and Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis as needed.
Support Project Engineering in maintaining project budgets and schedule milestones through compliance with documented requirements and management of change requests; provide quotes to Project Manager and Marketing as requested by Engineering leadership.
Identify specialized staffing and technical requirements by coordinating with engineering, certification leaders, and the ODA team to determine project staffing and technical needs; request technical resource allocation from the Engineering Manager.
Verify the effectiveness of engineering-team compliance methods, including substantiation, analysis, and test design; oversee and document testing activities and outcomes.
Assist with ODA and Manufacturing testing as required.
Interface with affected internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers, test houses, end users, management, and end customers; develop testing statements of work as needed.
Coordinate with Certification and ODA teams to close supplemental type certificate projects on time.
Meet regular attendance and dependability expectations, work overtime as required, and travel more than five percent.

Desired Qualifications

A Professional Engineer license and/or a master's degree in Electrical, Systems, Aeronautical, Aerospace, or Engineering Management, or a related engineering field.
Analysis, design, and development experience in the aviation field.
Experience with SolidWorks or AutoCAD.

Overview

Why United Rotorcraft?

Based in Englewood, Colorado, United Rotorcraft designs and modifies mission-critical aircraft supporting military, air medical, firefighting, law enforcement, and other specialized operations.

As a Systems Engineer 3, you’ll help define and manage system-level requirements, interfaces, technical risks, and safety documentation for complex aircraft modification programs. You’ll collaborate across engineering teams to ensure requirements are captured, allocated, and successfully carried through the entire program lifecycle.

Pay

Salary Range: $114,000 – $142,000 annuallyActual compensation is based on relevant experience, education, technical expertise, certifications, and overall qualifications. This position is also eligible for Air Methods’ comprehensive employee benefits package.

Responsibilities

During the NPI Propose Phase: Collaborate with Sales and Business Development Team to define, manage, and provide technical leadership to commercial or military projects within the Engineering Department to assure technical project compliance with budget, schedule and performance by leading airframe, subsystem, and component level requirement capture, memorialization, and management processes and tools across mechanical and electrical engineering teams, utilizing a “right-size” approach to ensure efficiency across a wide range of project / program complexity and applications.
During the NPI Propose Phase: Interface with customers during project / program initiation to architect subsystems and components.
During the NPI Propose Phase: Define, memorialize, and manage system and subsystem interface control documents and requirements in SysML software platform.
During the NPI Propose Phase: Collaborate with Project Engineering to facilitate project System Requirements Reviews (SRR) (Feasibility/ Conceptual) to ensure alignment between customer aircraft/ system and internal subsystems. Ensure complete and accurate project specifications throughout project lifecycle.
During the NPI Propose Phase: Develops technical quotes to support Engineering Support Requests (ESR) and project requirements.
During the NPI Plan Phase: Lead requirement decomposition, including all aspects of 14 CFR and external customer requirements and facilitate decomposition to component and functional levels for both electrical and mechanical subsystems with subsystem Project Engineers, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Certification Engineering teams.
During the NPI Plan Phase: Review compliance methodology and verification plans to ensure proper artifact generation.
During the NPI Plan Phase: Review risk assessment and requirement prioritization and lead project risk management and including SHA, SSA, FMEA, and FMECA as needed.
During the NPI Execute Phase: Support Project Engineering in maintaining projects within budget and schedule milestones by means of strict compliance to documented requirements and impacting any and all change requests. Aid in providing quotes to Project Manager and Marketing as requested by Engineering leadership.
During the NPI Execute Phase: Identifies project any/ all specialized staffing and/ or technical requirements by coordinating with engineering and certification leaders and ODA team to help determine project man-loading and technical requirements and synergize associated inputs. Request allocation of technical resources from Engineering Manager
During the NPI Certify Phase: Verifies efficacy of engineering team methods of compliance, e.g., substantiations, analysis, and/or design of tests, and oversees and documents testing activities and outcomes. Assists with ODA and Manufacturing testing, as required. Interface with all areas affected by the project including, but not limited to, outside suppliers, test houses (including development of testing SOWs), end users, management, and end customers. Follows up and coordinates with Certification and ODA efforts and tasks to ensure a timely closure of STC projects.
Other Duties as assigned.

Additional Job Requirements

Regular attendance and role dependability is expected
Must be willing to work overtime as required.
Indicate the percentage of time spent traveling > 5%

Subject to applicable laws and Air Method’s policies, regular attendance is an essential function of the position. All employees must follow Air Methods’ employment practices and policies.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This is a mid-senior engineering role; this role is responsible for serving as a team technical leader. This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities such as hiring, firing, and compensation plan development but will be expected to lead technical outcomes by successful influence.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must possess the knowledge, training, experience, and abilities require to be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In accordance with applicable laws, Air Methods will provide reasonable accommodations that do not create an undue burden so disabled employees may perform the essential functions of the position.

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Aeronautical, Aerospace, Electrical, or Systems or related engineering field from four-year college or university; and 7-10 years’ related industry experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Comprehensive experience working in a high aptitude engineering environment.
Professional Engineer and/or Master’s degree (M.S.) in Electrical, Systems, Aeronautical, Aerospace, Engineering Management or related engineering field preferred
Demonstrated experience leading successful programs by creating a requirements-based culture utilizing system engineering tools and best practices.
Experience decomposing customer / marketing requirements into multidisciplinary engineering requirements Analysis, design and development experience in aviation field preferred
Extensive experience working within a phase gate product design process, including:
Demonstrated Success with new clean sheet product to production programs, including Validation & verification for regulated industries.
Experience with Safety Hazard Analysis, Failure Modes Effects Analysis, and associated standards: MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-1629A, IEC-60812, AS13004
Familiarity with reliability analysis (MTBF), planning and testing.
Experience working within multiple industry standards, such as (representative/ non-exhaustive):
DO-160/ 254/ 178C
IEEE 15288, 27465, 42010, Std 828
ANSI/ AIAA G-043 | ANSI/ EIA 632/ 649B | ANSI/ GEIA-STD-0009
INCOSE systems Engineering Handbook: A Guide for System Life Cycle Process & Activities, 4th ed.
ISO 9001:AS9100:C, 13407, 13485, 26262, 31000, 31010, Guide 73, IEC Guide 51, IEC Guide TR 19760
NASA Systems Engineering Handbook
SAE ARP 4754
SE VOCAB 2010/2013
Delivery of difficult programs on-schedule / budget

Skills

Strong business acumen with the ability to understand business situations, strategies, theory, processes, management, budgeting and operations
Ability to multi-task efficiently, works in a fast paced environment on multiple projects, and has a strong attention for detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to be a team player with a professional attitude
Strong interpersonal skills and a high degree of collaboration at all levels

Computer Skills

Experience with CAD software (Solid works /Auto Cad preferred)
Proficient with Microsoft Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Proficient with SysML software (Eclipse with Papyrus SysML, Siemens Polarion, other)

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Required – INCOSE Certified or Expert Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP or ESEP)
Preferred – Professional Engineer

Minimum pay

USD $114,000.00/Yr.

Maximum Pay

USD $142,000.00/Yr.

Benefits

For more information on our industry-leading benefits, please visit our benefits page here.

Compensation: 114000 to 142000 (USD)

About the Company

Air Methods

Private helicopter emergency medical services

Air Methods provides emergency air medical transport using a fleet of helicopters and trained clinicians and pilots to move patients quickly to appropriate medical facilities. It serves over 100,000 patients each year and operates 24/7, focusing on rapid response, safety, and high-quality patient care. The service works by dispatching equipped aircraft with medical teams that deliver on-scene and en-route clinical care during transport. The company differentiates itself through its large, round-the-clock operations, comprehensive clinical training, strict flight safety focus, and wide geographic reach as a private helicopter operator. Its goal is to deliver fast, safe, and reliable emergency medical transport to patients in need.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Englewood, CO
Founded: 1980

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