665 aviation jobs found in Poway, CA

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft, tactical reconnaissance radars, and advanced high‑resolution surveillance systems. We are seeking a passionate and innovative Advanced Airframe Project Engineer (Engineer V) to join our Advanced Aircraft Engineering (AAE) team in Poway, CA. In this role, you will lead the development of cutting‑edge aircraft structures for next‑generation programs including (not limited too) LongShot, MQ‑Next, Modular Mass Aircraft (MMA), SkyGuardian, and SeaGuardian, from requirements definition and conceptualization through flight testing. Join a team that is shaping the future of unmanned aviation and making a tangible impact on aerospace technology. Opportunity Be part of a globally recognized leader in aerospace innovation. Work on advanced technologies and next‑generation platforms (Like: LongShot, MQ‑Next, MMA, MQ-9B...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced level candidate to support Industrial Cooperation customer requirements.  This position will be supporting our Strategic Development team in business capture activities as well as leading the company in satisfying existing Industrial Cooperation and Offset commitments. This position reports to the Director of Industrial Cooperation and Offsets for General Atomics, Aeronautical Systems, Inc.  DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  Provide leadership in the execution of enterprise and IC and offset deliverables: Supporting Business Development capture teams in pursuit of new business. Leading enterprise wide endeavors to satisfy IC and Offset commitments. Shaping customer...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. Join General Atomics at the cutting edge of autonomous air systems. As a Capability Development Engineer on our FQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Program, you will help define and deliver next-generation capabilities that integrate advanced autonomy, sensors, and weapons systems into a highly networked combat environment. You will work in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment where your engineering decisions have direct impact on system performance, warfighter effectiveness, and the future of air combat operations. What We Offer: The opportunity to work on a high-visibility, next-generation combat aircraft program that is reshaping airpower. A dynamic, high-technology environment with direct access to...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. Join a team building and supporting advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This position is ideal for individuals with strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on experience in automotive repair, automotive electrical systems, wiring harness installation, cable assembly, manufacturing, aviation, military maintenance, electromechanical assembly, or related technical fields. Successful candidates will perform aircraft assembly, cable routing, wiring harness installation, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance activities using engineering drawings, work instructions, and standard mechanical practices. Prior aerospace experience is beneficial but not required. Candidates with strong mechanical backgrounds and a willingness to learn are...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. Join a team building and supporting advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This position is ideal for individuals with strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on experience in automotive repair, automotive electrical systems, wiring harness installation, cable assembly, manufacturing, aviation, military maintenance, electromechanical assembly, or related technical fields. Successful candidates will perform aircraft assembly, cable routing, wiring harness installation, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance activities using engineering drawings, work instructions, and standard mechanical practices. Prior aerospace experience is beneficial but not required. Candidates with strong mechanical backgrounds and a willingness to learn are...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. GA-ASI seeks a dynamic and established Program Manager to lead development and execution of training programs and customer support operations, including oversight of significant content delivered by a Tier One subcontractor in support of the Canada Ministry of Defense RPAS program.  The ideal candidate will have a proven track-record of planning and executing complex, cross-functional projects and significant experience in the provision of military aircrew and/or maintenance training as well as operational employment of GA-ASI RPAS systems.  A strong collaborative mindset and deep understanding of training analysis, curriculum development, material development, and delivery will be crucial to the applicant’s success.  This...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. Under close supervision, this position is responsible for developing and coordinating curriculum and training programs for operational or functional employees, maintainers or customers in accordance with technical specifications or learning requirements that include, but is not limited to engineering instructions, technical orders and procedures and military regulations. This role also plans, develops, and coordinates the development of training aids, training curriculum, and associated learning materials, aids, or course evaluation metrics related to the program. This position involves the exercise of independent judgment and discretion about matters of significance. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Develops and coordinates curriculum; and...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. We have an exciting opportunity located in Poway, CA for a Program Manager to support Contract Logistics in our USAF CLS program. This position reports to a senior program manager and is responsible for elements of support to our USAF customer; these efforts include the development, test, modification, delivery and sustainment of their MQ-9 Reaper fleet.  DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: Develop and Execute projects for the USAF Contractor Logistics Support program. Work closely with GA-ASI functional areas and International Program office to coordinate the planning, proposal development, and negotiation of DMS modification programs. Participate with engineering to establish design concepts, criteria, and engineering...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. We have an exciting opportunity located in Poway, CA for a talented Project Manager to support the development and deployment of a customer-facing Electronic Information Exchange (EIE) tool.  This position reports to an MQ-9B Sustainment Program Manager and will work side by side with an EIE Program Manager.  While the EIE is an Information Technology (IT) solution, this position will focus on the business processes that define it and support delivery to the customer.  This position will support integration of existing and new IT applications for permission-based secure access to a customer portal designed to exchange data with multiple domestic and international customers.  Development of customer testing...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. GA’s Advanced Aircraft Engineering group has an exciting position available for a Materials and Process Engineer to support a team in the development and production implementation of materials and processes to meet the needs of next generation air vehicle designs. This position is responsible for supporting the daily operations of a team of Material and Process Engineers to deliver advanced composite solutions to Legacy aircraft programs and next generation programs.  DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: Evaluate alternative composite materials and processes that improve properties by performing trade studies, manufacturing trials and coupon testing. Lead process development activities through a demonstrated knowledge of current and...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems.  We have an exciting career opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced Aircraft Structures Design Engineer within our AeroStructures Design Team located in Poway, CA. This position will develop high performance component and assembly designs for new and/or modifications to existing advanced air vehicles, in addition to supporting classified pursuits. The position focuses on designing, validating, and documenting aircraft primary and secondary structural designs using both composite and metallic materials.  Design by analysis methods, which include the use of CAD and integrated finite element tools to develop high performance structures. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Create and maintain Advance Airframe CAD models,...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. GA-ASI has an exciting new opportunity for a Flight Technologies Tools and Support Engineering Manager in Poway, CA.  The engineering manager will play a pivotal role in overseeing and managing the systems and business processes of the Flight Technologies department. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Manage and mentor a team of engineers with a focus on the flight sciences (GNC, aerodynamics, flight performance, and CFD) and specifically the tools that enable their work. Manage the compute resources of the department, including maintenance and upgrades. Manage the capital expenses for the department. Manage software licensing for the department. Oversee resource planning for the department. Oversee department bid and proposal work....

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. We have an exciting career opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced Aircraft Configuration and Structural Design Engineer position within our AeroStructures Design Team located in Poway, CA. This position will report to the Senior Manager of Aircraft and Special Projects Engineering and will contribute towards the development of new and/or modifications to Advanced Programs aircraft layouts and lofts for both unclassified and classified pursuits. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Self-starter and detail oriented. Experience leading multidisciplinary design teams on a significant effort, such as serving as a configuration and/or air vehicle lead for conceptual efforts at a minimum and up to detailed configuration developments....

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. With limited direction, this Project Engineering position provides system-level technical leadership and technical project management for the MQ‑1C Gray Eagle platform across the air vehicle, ground control station, datalinks, payloads, mission systems, and production. The Project Engineer works in the Gray Eagle Platform Engineering group and partners closely with the Systems Engineering and Software Integration organizations to ensure platform needs are met and technical decisions are executed effectively. Assignments are typically defined in terms of broad objectives and anticipated results. This position exercises considerable latitude in determining technical approaches, anticipating future platform needs, and driving practical,...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. We have an exciting opportunity for an Aircraft System Cost Engineer to support product development on new programs with the primary goal to influence affordability through establishment of cost targets by sub system and to identify cost and value drivers with the final goal to influence the aircraft system to have the configuration and features required by the customers at the programs specified cost target. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide direct support to the Advanced Airframe Engineering organization in the form of cost modeling and cost analysis to generate defensible estimates of system life cycle costs during conceptual design which matures to estimate costs as the system moves throughout the life cycle.  Trade system...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. We have an exciting opportunity for a functional engineering supervisor to lead a team of aerospace engineers working on external aerodynamics and aircraft performance for GA-ASI aircraft programs. Aerodynamic work ranges from handbook methods, computational methods, 2D airfoil codes to Navier-Stokes CFD, and wind tunnel, ground and flight test planning. Aircraft performance spans from textbook methods to flight test support and model substantiation. This position is within the Flight Technologies department in San Diego, CA. Responsibilities include personnel management and performance reviews, project management and execution of aero-performance tasks, technical leadership, collaborating with multiple disciplines, and the estimation of...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Program Manager for our Air Systems Training Operations Program Management (AST OPM) located in Poway, CA. The candidate must have prior military aviation maintenance training unit leadership experience to lead a new service offering with significant growth potential. In this role, the candidate will report to a Senior Program Manager and is responsible for the planning, institution, and management of newly created global training services that will become a key offering to domestic and international MQ-9 customers. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Lead the establishment of regional training activities in step with customer fleet growth and training demand. Manage the development and...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. We have an exciting opportunity for a Field Bulletin Engineer in our Engineering Field Support Department located in San Diego, CA (Poway, CA). Under general supervision with limited review, this position will report to the Field Bulletin Supervisor of the Engineering Field Support Department. The Field Bulletin Engineer will be responsible for the research, coordination, development, and release of assigned field bulletins in support of GA-ASI objectives to improve product safety and reliability. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Write detailed bulletins that translate complex engineering investigations into concise, customer-ready documentation, including summaries of events and engineering recommendations. Work with internal and external...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. is a defense contractor leading the way in unmanned aerial systems. We invent and pioneer modern solutions for military, security, governance, environmental operations and more. We support our customers with the greatest medium-altitude and small unmanned aircraft systems, and cutting-edge mission payload and exploitation technologies. Our vision is to enable information dominance by providing our customers with around-the-clock and around-the-world situational awareness and effects delivery. Our mission is to provide persistent, versatile, affordable airborne surveillance and effects, and turn surveillance data into actionable intelligence. Our corporate culture focuses on delivering innovative...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Engineer to design, develop, and enhance UAV autopilot software. As part of GA-ASI, you’ll work on groundbreaking projects that directly support our mission to deliver reliable, high-performance solutions to our customers. This position independently determines approaches/solutions for the design, development and/or modifications of embedded software. This position collaborates with domain experts, users, and management throughout the entire software development lifecycle.   Summary: Under general supervision with limited review, this position independently determines approaches/solutions for the design, development and/or modification of specific programs or projects for...