Jobs at Kearfott Corporation

Lead MBSE activities to translate customer requirements into digital system models, support system design, integration, verification, and test for inertial navigation products. Develop MBSE processes and tooling (Cameo, DOORS), collaborate with engineering teams and customers, support proposals and program execution, and travel ~15% for reviews.

Track and analyze program financial performance against plan, perform Earned Value Management (EVM) duties, develop forecasts and CEACs, create CSDR and CWBS per standards, and support corrective actions and reporting to program managers and customers.

Develop and execute logistics, sustainment, and life-cycle support strategies for aerospace/defense systems. Perform LORA, provisioning, obsolescence management, R&M analysis, LCSP support, technical documentation, and cross-functional coordination to ensure maintainability, supportability, and compliance with military logistics standards.

Support manufacturing operations for electronic, electromechanical, and precision assemblies by developing and maintaining process documentation, troubleshooting production issues, performing root cause analysis, enabling process improvements (Lean/5S), supporting NPI and qualification activities, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and training staff to ensure high-reliability, compliant manufacturing.

Lead engineering for aerospace and defense product development: set strategy, oversee design, testing, certification, budgets, teams, vendor relations, and compliance (safety, regulatory, cybersecurity) for mission-critical systems including avionics, INS/IMU, UAV, satellite, and hypersonic programs.

Lead technical coordination of NPI programs from proposal through production readiness. Develop technical proposals, cost estimates, schedules, and WBS. Coordinate cross-functional teams, track action items, and lead milestone reviews (PDR, CDR, MRR) to ensure manufacture-ready implementation.

Develop and maintain project schedules using MS Project and GASP; collect updates; produce EVM reports (SPI, BCWS, BCWP); run critical path, staffing, what-if analyses; audit schedules; author planning documents and support leadership with schedule recovery and reporting.

Design, implement, and test embedded control software for guidance and navigation products. Participate in requirements definition, software design, peer review, validation, lab-based testing, and produce supporting documentation while collaborating with engineering teams.

Assemble precision electronic and electro-mechanical components using hand tools, fixtures and arbor presses. Follow blueprints and operation sheets, perform soldering, use precision gauges and magnification, serialize units, mix epoxies, repair work, and attend solder certification.

Design, implement, test, and validate embedded control software for guidance and navigation products. Participate in requirements, software design, peer review, verification, and documentation. Lead complex projects, provide technical expertise, mentor junior engineers, ensure compliance with industry standards, and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a laboratory environment.

Lead complex aerospace and defense development programs and IRAD efforts from concept through transition. Define scope, budgets, schedules, and success criteria; coordinate cross-functional teams; manage risks, issues, and performance; serve as primary customer interface; support proposals, contracts, and continuous improvement of program management practices.

Design, implement, and test embedded control software for guidance and navigation products. Participate in requirements definition, software design, implementation, peer review, test/validation, and documentation. Collaborate with engineering teams in a laboratory environment to support product development and qualification.

Lead technical authority for IMU and gyroscope technologies, providing hands-on design, integration, testing, and optimization of inertial navigation systems. Guide sensor selection, calibration, error modeling, sensor fusion (EKF/UKF), firmware/electronics implementation, system-level requirements, and customer technical engagement across product development and fielding.

Lead development and management of airworthiness certification artifacts for safety-critical airborne systems. Support DO-178C (software) and DO-254 (hardware) certification planning, produce accomplishment summaries (SAS/HAS), compliance matrices, audits, and coordinate with certification authorities using MBSE and digital engineering environments.

Lead design and development of embedded electronic controls and power electronics for electromechanical devices (actuators, BLDC motors). Perform circuit and PCB design, system modeling, firmware integration, validation, and NPI activities. Support proposals, customer interactions, and cross-functional teams to transition products into production.

Lead business development for airborne guidance and navigation products, driving market penetration, capture planning, and RFP responses. Build customer relationships, design go-to-market strategies, analyze DoD and commercial requirements, maintain competitive analyses, and manage cross-functional capture teams. Position requires significant travel and DoD industry engagement.

Lead business development and capture efforts for guidance, navigation, motion, and actuation systems targeting advanced strike, missile, and air defense markets. Develop market strategy, customer relationships, competitive analyses, pricing input, proposals/RFP responses, and marketing materials. Manage cross-functional capture teams, support trade shows, and execute an annual bookings plan. Travel 50%+ and ensure compliance with government acquisition/procurement processes.

Perform verification and validation of safety-critical embedded software to ensure DO-178C compliance. Develop and execute requirements-based tests, perform structural coverage analysis, participate in peer reviews, support certification, and produce verification artifacts and compliance documentation while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a lab environment.

Support FP&A by building financial models, preparing monthly/quarterly/annual reports, monitoring budgets and KPIs, conducting profitability and variance analyses, supporting month-/year-end close, and partnering with cross-functional teams to drive financial decision-making and process improvements.

Maintain engineering documentation integrity and traceability across the product lifecycle. Administer document control, process ECOs/RNs, manage revisions in PLM/ERP systems, support audits, coordinate change approvals, and improve configuration management procedures to prevent manufacturing errors and ensure compliance.