Systems Engineer

Must be a US Citizen with a Secret or higher security clearance. This role will be performed on-site in Huntsville, AL.

About the role

Summit TRC is seeking to add a Systems Engineer to join our team supporting a UAS program of record. This role is centered on the classic systems engineering discipline: deriving and decomposing requirements, writing clear and testable requirements, and executing the Systems Engineering V from concept through verification for unmanned aerial systems. The ideal candidate brings rigorous SE fundamentals and is comfortable operating within a structured government program environment. Experience with safety or software safety, and familiarity with MBSE, are a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Derive, decompose, and allocate system and subsystem requirements for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) from higher-level customer and stakeholder needs
• Author, refine, and maintain requirements ensuring clarity, testability, and bidirectional traceability throughout the Systems Engineering V
• Support requirements verification and validation activities, ensuring alignment between requirements, design, and test artifacts
• Interface with government customers, program management, and cross-functional engineering teams to clarify, negotiate, and baseline requirements
• Develop and maintain requirements traceability matrices and supporting technical documentation
• Participate in technical reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR), providing systems engineering rigor and requirements insight
• Support configuration management of requirements baselines and manage changes through established control processes
• Contribute to risk identification and mitigation planning from a systems engineering perspective
• (Bonus) Support safety and software safety analysis activities, including hazard identification and safety case documentation
• (Bonus) Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles, using tools such as Cameo, to support requirements and architecture development

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Active Secret security clearance
• 3-15 years of experience in requirements derivation, decomposition, and management on a program of record, ideally supporting UAS or other unmanned/autonomous systems
• Strong working knowledge of the Systems Engineering V and systems engineering lifecycle processes
• Excellent technical writing skills with experience authoring clear, testable, well-structured requirements
• Experience supporting technical reviews and interfacing directly with government customers
• Self-directed with strong attention to detail and established project methodology

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with safety engineering or software safety analysis
• Familiarity with MBSE methodologies and tools, particularly Cameo/MagicDraw