Senior Avionics Engineer

Company Overview 

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. 

Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect. 

Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats. 

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.

This role sits within the AERO group of Metrea with a focus on Supplemental Type Certificate modifications and interfaces with the Peregrine Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) within Metrea Aerospace Design (MASD).

Aerospace Engineering Group (AERO) provides an integrated, end-to-end capability for the rapid modification and fielding of mission-specific aircraft. The Airborne Asset Adaptation (A3) Cell acts as the central command and coordination hub, managing requirements and external interfaces from inception to operational delivery. Specialized technical execution is delivered by the Aircraft Integration Centre (AIC), a Part 145 facility focused on airframe modification, and Aerospace Design (ASD), which provides organic design engineering and FAA-authorized certification. Collectively, these elements bridge the gap between initial requirements and the deployment of flight-certified, mission-ready assets.

In the Senior Avionics Engineer role, you will provide engineering design and certification support for integration of avionics systems into normal, business, transport and military derivative aircraft. This role will support Supplemental Type Certificate and major repair and alteration projects managed by both the FAA and the Peregrine ODA within Metrea Aerospace Design.

What You’ll Do 
Perform avionics engineering to include:

• Review customer requirements to include Statement(s) of Work.
• Research and analysis of project requirements.
• Performaircraftsurveys and collect required data ifrequired. Some (less than 20%) travel may berequired. 
• Create interconnect drawings for all affected avionics systems
• Create Installation Data Package (Technical Data Package) including systems and electrical fabrication, assembly and installation drawings, master data lists,drawingsand reports.
• Create certification compliance documents for STC and TSOA projects.
• Support design and certification for product obsolescence replacement components including RTCA DO-160 equipment qualification and Technical Standard Order Authorizations.
• Write Engineering Orders, create installation instructions.
• Create and produceaircraftmanual supplements for maintenance and operations.
• Assistand occasionally mentor junior avionics engineers in design,researchand analysis of project requirements.
• Support Sales & Business Development staff with proposals, technical review of customer requirements and schedule and program risk. Assess certifiability of proposed systems to civil and/or military requirements.
• Support certifications of avionics systems to FAA or foreign civil agencies.

What You’ll bring 

• Four+year engineering degree preferred.
• 10-15years working experience in designing/engineering and installation of avionics systems upgrades.
• Good written and oral communication skills
• USA Passport, available for domestic & international travel (occasional)
• Familiar with FAA certification processes (STC, Major Alterations)

Additional Eligibility Qualifications  

Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, and 8 years (required) of relevant design and installation of avionics systems.

Computer Skills: AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Suite.

Our Firmware 

At Metrea, our single core value, Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes—Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, d