Systems Engineer Senior

Responsibilities

• Contribute to System Engineering activities supporting the program, including system architecture, design, integration, and testing
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification, and validation of Ground Integration, ensuring seamless communication between system components
• Conduct functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definitions to translate customer needs into requirements as well as hardware and software specifications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software, hardware, and test engineers, to ensure system requirements are met
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system diagrams, interface control documents, and test plans

Requirements

• Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems
• Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, a technical discipline, or a closely related field – or an equivalent mix of education and relevant experience
• Experience across the systems engineering lifecycle (such as MBSE, integration, test, design, requirements, etc.)
• Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance, thus US Citizenship is required

Desired Skills

• 2+ years of experience performing Systems Engineering activities in the aerospace or related industry, with a focus on ground segments or satellite communications systems
• 2+ years of experience with IBM Rational DOORS (or equivalent requirements database)
• 3+ years of experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools (CAMEO)
• Demonstrated experience coordinating across multiple engineering disciplines
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical ideas to an audience with varied technical backgrounds
• Demonstrated ability to work in self-directed manner, work independently, and leverage best practices
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills