Senior Systems Engineer

About the role

The Senior Systems Engineer supports hands-on development and integration of innovative electro-optical (EO) technologies within complex automated systems. They design and integrate advanced optical sensors into unique systems that perform research, development, and field operations for our customer.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team environment and directly interface with customers and management across multiple disciplines
• Conduct system performance analysis and develop technical performance risk mitigation strategies
• Create and decompose requirements, define system interfaces, and help determine how requirements will be validated and verified by the test team
• Support system performance analysis, Integration and Test
• Conduct tests on optical and electrical components and integrated systems, collect test data, and analyze results to optimize performance
• Identify and resolve issues during testing, support system design enhancements, and provide troubleshooting and calibration for ongoing and specialized programs
• Communicate with program management, functional, vendors, and customers
• Perform integration, verification, and validation testing/reporting to ensure the system under test performs according to specifications/requirements
• Document test results by creating and presenting comprehensive test reports to various stakeholders
• Analyze and define how the system works creating use cases
• Provide engineering support for the execution of a portion of the programs test program including test processes and baseline definition and test architecture design
• Support and attend technical reviews and technical interchanges in support of the program
• Perform system performance evaluations and in-depth analysis to identify opportunities for new functionality and system enhancements
• Travel, both domestic and international, to support customer events, with an expected travel requirement not exceeding 25%

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant engineering experience in electro-mechanical systems
• Experience with systems engineering, lifecycle, roles and functions, with specific experience in one or more of the following areas: Concept of Operations (ConOps) development, requirements definition and management, functional analysis or interface definition and control
• Experience with system software, system hardware, system requirements, and/or test
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

What We Offer

• Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation
• Relocation Eligible – relocation assistance available for this position
• Salary Range: 95,500 USD - 181,700 USD
• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Flexible Work Schedules, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Scholar Program, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, Holidays