Senior Associate, Systems Engineer

Job Title: Senior Associate, Systems Engineer

Job Code: 40748

Job Location: Greenville, TX

Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off.

Role will require “on-call” availability during nights and weekends, with potential requirement to come on site during overnight hours.

Job Description:

The Senior Associate, Systems Engineer (SE) will be responsible for performing technical planning, systems integration, verification and validation, and troubleshooting for total systems and/or subsystems. The ideal candidate will have experience with systems engineer/architect work with a desire to work in a dynamic, fast-paced Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) environment alongside other highly motivated engineering team members.

The SE is part of a team that supports the requirements, design, development, test, and integration of complex, specialized hardware/software systems installed on ground and airborne platforms.

Essential Functions:

• Translate the voice of the customer into system-level requirements.


• Perform requirement traceability, and verification testing.


• Develop and evaluate trade studies for accuracy and completeness.


• Evaluate alternative solutions and establish preliminary system designs.


• Write subsystem specifications based on system-level requirements.


• Understand physical architectures incorporating voice, video, and data capability across multiple security domains.


• Create System Block Diagrams.


• Review and evaluate electrical wiring diagrams to ensure design details trace to system requirements.


• Interpret complex system ICDs to new architecture designs.


• Understand test, integration, verification, and validation planning.


• Write effective verification test procedures to ensure system performance and capabilities meet system requirements.


• Prepare effective presentations to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical professionals.


• Desire to work in a dynamic, fast paced Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) environment.


• Working knowledge of LAN and VOIP protocols to include IP routing.


• Knowledge of mission systems: EO/IR, Video, Networks, SI/EW, Avionics Interfaces, etc.


• Troubleshooting and multi-level testing and analysis of various electrical signal interfaces and RF systems.


• Knowledge of requirement traceability methods and purpose, and the systems engineering trade study process.


• Working with subcontractors and U.S. Government customers.


• Developing, authoring, and implementing system test plans.


• Engineering efforts involving FAA-certified general category aircraft.


• Must have an active Secret clearance at the time of hire with the ability to obtain a Top Secret with SCI.


• Travel: this role will require up to approximately 25% travel once the candidate has been fully trained and ascimilated to the role.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of experience with Aircraft systems architecture design, integration, and/or ground/flight test certification.


• Graduate Degree with 0-2 years of experience with Aircraft systems architecture design, integration, and/or ground/flight test certification.


• In Lieu of a degree, a minimum of 6 years of experience with Aircraft systems architecture design, integration, and/or ground/flight test certification.


• Demonstrated 2 or more years of hands-on experience with systems engineering, configuration, testing, integrating, and/or verifying software and/or hardware in a multi-domain mobile airborne datalink, video, voice and data communication systems environment.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance

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