Jobs at RAVE Aerospace

Leads the strategy, design, deployment, maintenance, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement of automated test equipment supporting engineering, manufacturing, troubleshooting, and airline maintenance. Manages ATE personnel, equipment roadmaps, budgets, vendors, configuration control, documentation, safety, quality, inventory, and operational readiness. Partners with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, facilities, and program teams while developing team capability and ensuring test assets meet production and program commitments.

Assists with planning and managing product releases, gathering feature demand, prioritizing requirements, developing release plans, and maintaining product roadmaps. Coordinates Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Program Management, and Delivery teams through gated development phases. Tracks milestones, resolves bottlenecks, prepares status reports and risk assessments, and communicates product progress to internal and external stakeholders.

Leads strategic software and airline release execution, coordinating engineering, product, program, testing, integration, and customer-facing teams. Owns release schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, blockers, defect prioritization, recovery plans, readiness reviews, and stakeholder communications. Ensures quality, schedule alignment, deployment readiness, and successful customer delivery while driving accountability across cross-functional teams. Uses Jira and Microsoft Project for release tracking, reporting, and management.

Designs, develops, prototypes, tests, and supports mechanical components and simple assemblies for sellable and internal products. Collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams on electromechanical systems, prepares mechanical drawings and technical documents, conducts testing, designs manufacturing fixtures, and supports fabrication, installation, operation, repair, and senior engineers. The role covers product development from concept through manufacturing and existing product support.

Leads planning and execution of complex avionics hardware programs from prototype development through qualification, certification, production readiness, and customer delivery. Owns schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, defects, corrective actions, supplier coordination, and cross-functional execution. Requires strong hardware systems knowledge, project leadership without direct authority, and experience with Jira, Microsoft Project, phase-gated development, and Agile/Scrum.

Leads formal qualification testing for airborne hardware and software systems. Develops test procedures and reports, coordinates laboratories, equipment, schedules, regulatory authorities, suppliers, and OEMs, and supports FAA and EASA compliance. Performs failure analysis, corrective-action documentation, technical reviews, and test readiness activities. Mentors junior engineers and requires hands-on experience with environmental, vibration, acceleration, and EMI testing in an AS9100 quality environment.

Leads regulatory certification and airworthiness compliance for airborne equipment and systems installed on transport-category aircraft. Develops certification, qualification, flammability, safety, and test documentation; coordinates testing, conformity inspections, suppliers, customers, integrators, and regulatory authorities; investigates test failures; and interfaces with the FAA and EASA. Advises management on certification and airworthiness issues while ensuring complete substantiation data packages and approval of IFE system installation designs.

Manages and produces commercial aviation maintenance documentation, including Component Maintenance Manuals, Service Bulletins, Service Letters, training materials, and regulatory publications. Authors and revises content to ATA iSpec2200 and S1000D standards, interprets engineering drawings and vendor data, coordinates with subject matter experts, estimates publication timelines and costs, performs quality control, and may supervise documentation personnel.

Supports repair logistics and inventory operations by recording material transactions, receiving and issuing inventory, labeling and counting stock, conducting cycle counts, and shipping materials to domestic, international, and third-party repair locations. The role also prepares shipping paperwork, assists offsite repair stations, and collaborates with internal departments while using business and inventory tracking systems.

Leads system integration and testing for in-flight connectivity products, including test strategy, planning, lab readiness, manual and automated execution, CI/CD validation, defect tracking, reporting, and requirements traceability. Coordinates cross-functional engineering, product, operations, customer, and program teams while ensuring aviation standards compliance. The role also mentors junior engineers, supports continuous improvement, and contributes to field deployment and customer activities.

Leads contracts, subcontract management, supplier negotiations, and commodity strategy for operations and supply chain programs. Oversees supplier selection, make-or-buy decisions, cost reduction, contract compliance, PPV goals, budgets, and supplier relationships. Partners with Engineering, Legal, Procurement, Product, Program, and senior management to support product development, delivery, and corporate operations objectives. Establishes policies, manages cross-functional teams, develops supplier strategies, and mentors team members.

Manage end-to-end proposal process: collect cost/schedule/performance inputs, produce and review proposal content and pricing worksheets, coordinate with Sales, Finance, Content and Digital teams, improve processes and templates, ensure quality and on-time RFP submissions, and support contract negotiations as needed.

Develop and maintain C/C++ test software and automated test stations for in-flight entertainment hardware. Design, debug, and deploy production test procedures and equipment integrations, troubleshoot hardware/software failures, support new product introduction, and improve manufacturing test processes and CI/CD practices while collaborating with cross-functional engineering and manufacturing teams.

Design and verify system- and sub-system-level SATCOM and In-Flight Connectivity products. Define and manage requirements, create use cases and architecture, perform integration and interface analysis, support testing and acceptance, manage technical projects, collaborate with suppliers and customers, and mentor junior engineers while maintaining technical documentation and improving systems-engineering processes.

Leads the architecture, design, implementation, and production delivery of embedded networking software for onboard aircraft video systems. Develops Layer 2/3 switching, multicast routing, IGMP, and RSTP functionality; performs board bring-up and hardware integration; optimizes low-latency network performance; and supports code reviews and technical design discussions. The role also requires Linux kernel and driver expertise, embedded circuit knowledge, A/V and 4K video-over-IP libraries, and participation in DevOps and CI/CD testing.

Leads architecture, design, development, integration, validation, and deployment of an in-flight connectivity software platform. Oversees technical execution across aircraft networks, satellite and air-to-ground connectivity, cabin systems, hardware, and ground interfaces. Establishes development and testing standards, resolves technical and process issues, collaborates with global engineering and product teams, supports customers and sales, and mentors or manages technical personnel.

Leads manufacturing and product process engineering for electronic, mechanical, and aerospace products across their full lifecycle. Responsibilities include new product introduction, production and repair planning, supplier transitions, manufacturability, audits, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, corrective action, quality improvement, yield optimization, cost reduction, and cross-functional technical leadership. The role also manages supplier capabilities, documentation, training, production transfers, and compliance with aerospace and quality standards.

Lead system-level engineering for SATCOM and In-Flight Connectivity products across lifecycle: define and verify requirements, design and analyze RF subsystems and link budgets, develop architectures and interfaces, perform integration and verification, support testing and troubleshooting, lead trade studies, mentor junior engineers, and maintain technical documentation and compliance.

Lead system-level engineering for SATCOM and in‑flight connectivity products, translating customer needs into requirements and use cases, performing system/sub-system design and verification, and maintaining technical documentation. Design and integrate embedded cybersecurity across wired/wireless aircraft systems, perform threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, pen testing, incident response, and security assurance to support certification and regulatory compliance. Mentor juniors, manage technical projects, and scout emerging technologies.

Lead technical interface between Customer Support and Engineering/Manufacturing for in-service IFC and SATCOM systems. Drive troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, test equipment design, reliability improvements, certification support, and mentor sustaining engineers to resolve field and production issues.