Systems Engineer, Platform Technologies Systems Design (REQ 340)

Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret U.S. Navy requirements, specifications, and interface documents.
• Able to coordinate multiple stakeholders and engineering disciplines.
• Create and manage system, subsystem, and component-level requirements using a structured systems engineering approach.
• Support system architecture development and trade studies during early design phases.
• Develop Interface Control Documents (ICDs), system specifications, verification plans, and technical data packages.
• Career development and technical growth opportunities within a small company environment.
• Willing to travel occasionally in support of customer meetings, integration events, and qualification testing.
• Support transition from development into production.
• Outline and track metrics for design margin versus system maturity status to manage program risks.

Required Skills and Attributes

• B.S. degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of systems engineering experience supporting development of complex engineered products.
• Demonstrated experience supporting new product development or clean-sheet system design from concept through testing.
• Experience developing and managing system and subsystem requirements.
• Experience with technical risk identification, tracking, and mitigation activity planning including maintaining risk registers/waterfalls and status updates.
• Familiarity with requirements decomposition, verification, and validation methodologies.
• Experience supporting design reviews throughout the product lifecycle.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• U.S. Citizenship.

Preferred Skills and Attributes

• Advanced degree (M.S. or M. Eng.) in Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience supporting U.S. Navy acquisition or defense development programs.
• Experience developing underwater, maritime, autonomous, or subsea systems.
• Experience working in cross-functional groups that include software developers, scientists, engineers, and mathematicians.
• Experience supporting Configuration Management and change control processes.
• Experience using requirements management tools such as: IBM DOORS or DOORS NextCameo Systems Modeler (MagicDraw).
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles.
• Experience supporting Navy qualification testing or military environmental qualification.
• Self-motivated and comfortable working in ambiguous, early-stage development efforts.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable engaging directly with Navy customers and technical representatives.
• Experience working with Navy System Safety Working Group (SSWG).
• Detail-oriented while maintaining awareness of overall system performance and mission objectives.
• Working knowledge of military standards such as: MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-882.
• Experience developing or reviewing: Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRM), Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM), Verification and Validation (V&V) plans.

About the Role

APS is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to support the development of advanced U.S. Navy undersea systems from concept through production and qualification. The successful candidate will lead systems engineering efforts for clean-sheet hardware developments, translating customer and engineering requirements into well-defined subsystem and component requirements while supporting verification, validation, integration, and Navy qualification activities.

Benefits

APS offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and comfortable working conditions. Candidates must possess or be able to obtain a DoD security clearance. Please note, obtaining a security clearance is a condition of employment which typically requires US citizenship and a thorough background investigation.

Pay

APS, a wholly owned subsidiary of the General Dynamics Corporation, offers competitive salaries.

Schedule

APS offers flexible schedules to accommodate the needs of its employees.