Systems Engineering Co-op

Department Engineering

Employment Type Temporary Full Time – Employee

Crane Aerospace & Electronics brings industry-leading electronic and hydraulic subsystems for landing gear together in solutions that add value and offer superior performance our customers can count on.

Crane Aerospace & Electronicsis seeking a dynamic Systems Engineering Co-op in Burbank, CA to join our high performing Landing Solutions Engineering Team.

Job Summary

The Systems Engineering Co-op works with minimal supervision and uses originality, ingenuity and established procedures to perform engineering duties in researching, planning, designing, and developing products for use in the Aerospace or Electronics marketplace. The Co-op works on new product designs, modernization, and upgrades, as well as performs extensive analyses to ensure cost, quality, and customer requirements. The Co-op also uses computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment to perform daily assignments, applying principles of science and mathematics to develop economical solutions to technical problems.

Essential Functions

• Work effectively with all functional groups to achieve product performance and cost targets. Build quality and manufacturability into the design. Define/understand/comply with company and regulatory guidelines to assure a safe operating environment.
• Support continuous process improvement activities including Kaizen, 5S practices to ensure an organized and efficient working environment, and personal development.
• Demonstrate proficiency with verbal and written English for technical reports, presentations, analyses, or other communications at the appropriate level throughout the organization.
• Understand, decompose, and define product and process requirements to support product development, sustaining and R&D.
• Plan, estimate, prioritize, and manage work activities to support meeting project schedules and budgets.
• Utilize experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Produce thorough and accurate design and development work of suitable complexity that meets all customer specifications and company requirements for schedule, cost, producibility, quality, and reliability.
• Utilize proficient problem-solving processes, documentation, tools and analyses to quickly and effectively identify root cause and corrective actions to technical challenges and/or issue in support of product development and product sustaining assignments
• Generate and review product development documentation including proposals, technical reports, procedures, correspondence, etc. necessary to satisfy customer and program requirements.
• Self-directed and motivated while working and communicating effectively within a team environment that consists of several engineering, operations, quality, and business disciplines.
• Provide support of IPT activities in collaboration with other technical, operations, quality, and business disciplines.
• Contribute to all Systems Engineering aspects (architecture and components) from initial product research, architecture definition, requirements definition, requirements validation, systems verification, management and flow down to functional engineering groups
• Experience leading system development activities following industry recognized processes (e.g. ARP4754)
• Lead the development of System Safety analyses such as reliability predictions, Failure Modes and Effect Analyses, Fault Tree Analysis, Common Mode Analysis and Single Event Upset analysis (ARP4761)
• Participate in the certification compliance activities of essential and critical level control systems for aircraft applications
• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management

Minimum Qualifications

Education/Experience :

• Must be actively pursuing, with three (3) years completed, a BA or BS degree from a four-year college or university in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related.
• Must provide GPA, minimum accepted 3.1 on a 4.0 scale.

Knowledge

• Experience of system development following industry-recognized processes (e.g. ARP4754)
• Familiarity with DO178, DO254 and DO160
• Understands Systems Engineering principles, including interpreting and writing requirements, system architectures and designs
• Knowledge of requirements management, validation and verification.
• Familiarity with multi physics modeling and simulation (i.e. Simulink)
• Familiarity with electronic circuits
• Familiarity with Software development lifecycle
• Knowledge of Landing Gear Control and Indication Systems is preferred

Skills/Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Effective interpersonal skills in a team environment; Project-oriented and able to multi-task; Self-motivated; Comfortable in a fast-paced learning environment.
• Should have some experience programming or testing software. Knowledge of Python or C programming language is a plus.

Eligibility Requirement

• This position requires access to controlled data or information and therefore only US persons will be considered. As a US Department of Defense contractor we are bound by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Salary range: $22.50. Several factors contribute to actual salary, including experience in a similar role or performing comparable job responsibilities, skills, training, and other qualifications. Compensation packages also include comprehensive benefits, 401K contribution and match, Paid Time Off, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement and more. Some roles may be eligible for participation in performance-based bonus programs. You can see a list of our benefits at or visit our website at for more information on our company and great opportunities

In our efforts to maintain a safe and drug-free workplace, Crane Aerospace & Electronics requires that candidates complete a satisfactory background check. FAA sensitive positions require employees to participate in a random drug test pool.

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Crane Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.