Specialist, Systems Engineering

Job Title: Specialist, Systems Engineer

Job Code: 45434

Job Location: Greenville, TX

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

Job Description:

The Specialist, Systems Engineer (SE) performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, and troubleshooting for total systems and/or subsystems. The Specialist 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 communication platforms.

Essential Functions:

• 10% travel based on business needs.


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


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


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


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


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


• Perform requirement traceability.


• Develop and evaluate trade studies for accuracy and completeness.


• Write subsystem specifications based on system level requirements.


• Evaluate alternative solutions and establish preliminary system designs.


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


• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Active US Secret security clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI clearance.


• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience.


• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.


• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.


• Minimum of 4 years of demonstrated experience with testing, integrating, and verifying software and/or hardware in a multi-domain mobile airborne data link, video, and voice systems environment.


• Minimum of 4 years of demonstrated experience with Aircraft communication system integration and communications ground/flight test support.


• Minimum of 4 years of demonstrated experience with configuration and integration of aircraft RF and satellite communications systems, or cryptographic equipment.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Knowledge of LAN and VOIP protocols to include IP routing.


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


• Model-based Systems Engineering and Simulation experience.


• Troubleshooting and multi-level testing for RF applications.


• Knowledge of requirement traceability methods and purpose.


• Knowledge of the systems engineering trade study process.


• Experience conducting verification testing.


• Experience working with subcontractors and U.S. Government customers.


• Experience developing, authoring, and implementing system test plans.


• Engineering efforts involving FAA-certified general category aircraft.

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