Principal System Engineer – Integration Product Support

About the role

ADASI is seeking a Principal System Engineer to lead integration product support for its UAV systems. The role bridges design engineering and long‑term product sustainment, ensuring reliability, maintainability and mission readiness throughout the system lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and provide maintainability feedback.
• Analyze designs against Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) and RM&S principles.
• Conduct supportability analyses such as FMECA, MTA, LORA and RCM.
• Develop and maintain maintenance manuals, provisioning data and Bills of Materials.
• Collaborate on PLM, configuration control and obsolescence management.
• Support system integration and validation testing with a focus on field maintainability.
• Contribute to operator/maintainer training content and technical publications.
• Coordinate with design, production and logistics teams to align support strategies.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Systems or Aerospace Engineering (required); Master’s in Systems or Support Engineering (preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in aerospace, UAV or defense sectors.
• Proven experience in product integration, lifecycle sustainment and ILS implementation.
• Familiarity with MIL‑STD‑1388, DEF‑STAN or GEIA‑STD‑0007 standards.

Required skills

• PLM tools: DOORS, Teamcenter, Windchill.
• Support analysis methods: FMECA, RCM, MTA, LORA.
• Reliability modeling: Relex, Reliasoft.
• Technical publications: S1000D standards.
• Interpretation of engineering drawings and schematics.