Systems Engineer Lead

Job Summary

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is a leading provider of remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. This position involves exercising considerable latitude in determining technical objectives for the review, research, design, development, and/or solution to advanced technical engineering problems. The role may function in an advisory or project leadership role, providing direction to experienced professional staff.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Accountable for technical, cost, and schedule execution of the program's Systems Engineering team.
• Ensures all work products are produced in accordance with the project plan to satisfy the customer requirements.
• Ensure all work products are completed on cost and schedule.
• Defines IMS tasks required to complete scope of work to achieve program milestones.
• Control account manager for assigned control accounts.
• Provide technical oversight and direction of the Systems Engineering team for assigned program.
• SE team typically includes: requirements, modeling & simulation, airworthiness, human factors, system safety, cybersecurity, and RAM.
• Responsible for external stakeholder engagement for team’s scope of work. Frequently collaborating with customers, subcontractors, and mission partners.
• Contributes to the conduct of program design and readiness reviews.
• Collaborate with SE leadership and peers to ensure consistent implementation of SE practices across programs.
• Mentor junior engineers with SE practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in system engineering processes, tools, and practices to enhance efficiency, quality, and reuse.
• Support internal development and new business opportunities.
• Using traditional and model-based systems engineering approaches, lead & contribute to the development of all SE work products which may include:
• CONOPS
• System Architecture
• Requirements and Interface Control Documents
• Mission and System Analysis
• Trade Studies
• MBSE Models
• T/LR Assessments
• Verification & Validation Artifacts
• Airworthiness Artifacts
• Hume Factor Artifacts
• System Safety Artifacts
• Cybersecurity Artifacts
• Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (RAM) Artifacts

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree, master's degree, or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; twelve or more years of experience with a bachelor's degree, ten or more years of experience with a master's degree, or seven or more years with a PhD.
• May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
• Must have prior experience in DoD aerospace, unmanned air vehicle, and aircraft design.
• Prior experience as an IPT lead or technical lead strongly desired.
• Familiarity with the following tools is desired: Cameo, Magic Draw, JAMA, Atlassian (JIRA, Confluence).
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required enabling an effective leadership interface with other departments, all levels of management, professional and support staff, customers, potential customers, and government representatives.
• Customer focused, formulates plans based on the development of innovative new designs in resolving advanced technical engineering problems.
• Must be able to work on a self-initiated basis and in a team environment and able to work extended hours and travel as required.