About Acron Aviation (Avionics – Surveillance):
Acron Aviation designs, engineers, and manufactures certified avionics systems that support safety-critical flight operations across commercial and military aviation. Within Avionics, the Surveillance product line develops and sustains systems that enable aircraft awareness, collision avoidance, and airspace interoperability. Our portfolio includes TCAS, Mode S transponders, ADS-B, and integrated surveillance solutions deployed across commercial, military, and rotorcraft platforms. This work is performed in highly regulated environments and demands deep expertise across systems, hardware, software, and RF throughout the full product lifecycle.
Job Title
Systems Engineering Technical Coordination Lead India
Position Summary
Acron Aviation is seeking a Systems Engineering Functional Lead & HCL Coordinator to lead independent systems development and verification and validation (IV&V) activities for safety-critical avionics products. This role serves as the primary offshore focal point between Acron Aviation engineering teams and HCL delivery teams, ensuring execution quality, technical rigor, schedule alignment, and certification readiness.
The successful candidate will combine hands-on technical development and verification expertise with team leadership, partner coordination, and day-to-day execution management. This individual will provide technical direction, oversee work assignments, review deliverables, drive issue resolution, and maintain alignment across software, systems, hardware, certification, and program stakeholders.
This is a highly visible role requiring strong ownership, technical judgment, communication skills, and the ability to operate effectively with minimal supervision across globally distributed teams. This role may require occasional international travel to Acron Aviation sites, customer locations, certification events, and engineering integration activities.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership & CoordinationAct as the primary interface between Acron Aviation U.S. engineering teams, Acron India engineering teams, and HCL delivery teams, ensuring alignment of priorities, resources, deliverables, and schedules.Lead daily execution of systems activities for avionics productsPlan, assign, review, and monitor Development and V&V work packages while ensuring quality, schedule, and technical objectives are achievedIdentify and escalate technical risks, resource constraints, dependencies, and schedule impacts proactivelyDrive continuous improvement initiatives, including process optimization, automation, AI-enabled tools, and verification efficiency enhancementsMentor engineers and provide technical guidance to offshore Development and V&V team membersSupport onboarding of new team members, including tool access, process training, and development environment setupSystems and Software VerificationDefine, review, and execute verification activities for system requirements, interface requirements, and integration requirementsDevelop and execute requirements and requirements-based testing, analysis, inspections, and reviews in accordance with certification objectivesAuthor and maintain systems requirements, test procedures, test cases, automated test assets, test reports, and verification artifactsPartner with systems development teams to investigate coverage gaps, resolve anomalies, and close certification findingsCertification and Compliance SupportSupport certification activities in accordance with FAA and EASA expectationsParticipate in Systems Reviews (SR) and Stage of Involvement (SOI) audits and certification reviewsPrepare and review certification evidence packages and compliance documentationAuthor or review requirements, verification plans, procedures, test reports, traceability data, coverage reports, and certification support documentationEnsure requirements and design evidence is complete, traceable, and audit-readyRequirements Traceability and Defect ManagementMaintain bidirectional traceability between requirements, design artifacts, source code, tests, verification results, and problem reportsUtilize approved requirements, configuration management, and defect tracking toolsLead defect triage activities for software and integrated system anomaliesSupport root cause investigations, corrective action verification, and objective evidence collectionCross-Functional LeadershipCoordinate across systems, software, hardware, quality, configuration management, certification, and program teamsLead technical reviews, readiness reviews, and status meetingsCreate clear work instructions and tasking packages that enable consistent execution across distributed teamsProvide regular status reporting, metrics, risk visibility, and closure plans to program and engineering leadership
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline8–12 years of experience in avionics systems verification, software verification, IV&V, or embedded systems validation within regulated environmentsWillingness and ability to travel internationally as required to support engineering, certification, and program activities.Experience leading small to medium-sized engineering teams, work packages, or supplier-delivered activitiesStrong knowledge of ARP-4754A and systems lifecycle verification activitiesFamiliarity with ARP4754, DO-178 and DO-254 concepts and systnes/hardware/software integration environmentsExperience supporting certification programs involving FAA, EASA, or equivalent regulatory authoritiesHands-on troubleshooting experience within avionics or embedded systems environmentsExperience using requirements, configuration management, and defect tracking tools such as: IBM DOORSMatlabWindchillClearCase/ClearQuest or equivalent toolsStrong verbal and written English communication skillsExperience using automation and AI tools to streamline workflows and improve operational efficiencyDemonstrated a continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to evaluate processes and implement more effective ways of workingAbility to adopt and promote automation and AI tools to improve team speed, quality, and execution
Preferred Additional Skills
Experience supporting offshore engineering delivery models and external engineering partnersExperience working directly with HCL or similar engineering service organizationsFamiliarity with ARP4754A, ARP4761, and DO-330Knowledge of avionics communication protocols, including: ARINC 429MIL-STD-1553ARINC 664 (AFDX)CANEthernetSerial interfacesExperience with SIL, HIL, and avionics integration laboratoriesExposure to AI-enabled engineering tools and workflow automationCurrent valid U.S. business visa (B1/B2 or equivalent) and ability to travel internationally on short notice.Previous experience supporting global engineering programs requiring travel to customers, certification, or company sites.Candidates who already possess a valid U.S. business visa (B1/B2 or equivalent) are strongly preferred.