Systems Engineer

About the role

As a systems engineer for TEKsystems, you will play a pivotal role in developing and sustaining the program’s systems and networks used for development, integration, test, training, and operations. This is a junior to mid-level role on the Systems Engineering integrated program team (IPT), and it primarily consists of systems engineering work at the individual contributor level.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of systems engineers to execute and support all aspects of the systems engineering lifecycle.
  • Developing, verifying, and validating system, sub-system, and component-level requirements, including tracking of verification status and artifacts.
  • Performing system and software performance analysis using Matlab-based tools to extract data from text files and compute technical performance measures.
  • Tracking problem/deficiency reports and leading investigation of root cause & corrective action in response to customer priorities.
  • Supporting development, evaluation, verification, and validation of system design changes, ranging from minor system fixes to large-scale system capability changes.
  • Identifying and evaluating new processes, tools, capabilities, and/or resources that can be utilized to improve systems engineering activities.
  • Helping develop and maintain systems engineering team standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Top Skills

• Ability to balance a variety of duties ranging from micro-level tasks to macro-level projects.
• Can work well independently and in a team environment.
• Proactive and takes ownership of all aspects of one’s assigned task or project.
• Driven to produce high quality results and work products.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; can identify the most important aspects of a technical topic and communicate them to a non-technical audience.
• Experience writing technical requirements, including what makes a “good” requirement, deriving or decomposing requirements from a higher level, and the different types of requirements to help form a complete specification for a system.
• Familiarity with RHEL command line and using basic RHEL commands.
• Experience with Matlab to write scripts and functions.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira for documenting system issues and planning fix implementation.
• Possesses beginner to intermediate understanding of the Systems Engineering Skills MATLAB, DOORS, MBSE, RHEL Command line, Systems engineering.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with satellite communications ground system(s) and/or missile warning system(s).
• Experience with technical writing, such as reports, briefings, plans, procedures, and diagrams.
• Experience in developing, integrating, or testing a GUI-based software product on a RHEL OS.
• Has experience using IBM DOORS for requirements management, including use of baselines to capture changes over time.
• Experience with Cameo Systems Modeler (or similar tools) and DoDAF for MBSE.
• Experience in Python or bash scripting in Linux.
• Working knowledge and/or experience with Atlassian Jira and/or Confluence.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $55.00 - $68.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.