Integration Engineer, New Product Development and Release

Persistent Systems•New York, NY

1d•$161,000 - $201,000

About The Position

Persistent is looking for a Senior Integration Engineer to facilitate the integration and testing of Engineering Development Models (EDM) of soon to be released products with select customers for product evaluation. The primary objective of this role is to provide customer success for the use, integration, and deployment of our next generation of products through a variety of means, including leading EDM test programs with key stakeholders. Persistent Systems’ next generation products are being designed to bring distributed edge compute and AI capabilities into the MANET. This role will facilitate enabling users to successfully integrate their solutions to run on these products. The Senior Integration Engineer’s responsibilities will include requirements gathering, solution design, test/demonstration planning and execution, report generation and delivery. You will play a pivotal role in communicating technical challenges and new requirements to our engineering department as you strive to solve customer problems. This role requires excellent communication skills and significant customer interface experience. The Senior Integration Engineer will be required to interface with a variety of internal and external stakeholders such as industry partners, end users, government program offices, Persistent Sales and Programs Management teams, and product developers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer engineering
Experience developing and/or releasing new products
Proficiency in utilizing Docker/Podman, or equivalent container
Experience implementing Docker containers or equivalent in distributed IoT devices
Proficiency in technical concepts such as wireless, mobile IP, and or RF propagation
Proficiency in networking concepts such as IP routing, subnetting, and use of multicast vs unicast
Understanding of product development and systems architecture design
Experience working directly with customers and end users
Strong interpersonal and communications skills, written and verbal
Must be available to travel up to 30% of the time
Ability to obtain a Secret US Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in computer science or computer engineering
Experience developing AI/ML architectures in dispersed systems
Experience as a Product Designer demonstrating powerful design thinking in both interaction and experience design
Proven understanding of the end-to-end design process, including research, prototyping, usability testing
Proficiency in Pytorch, Python, C, and/or C++
5+ years of experience implementing Docker containers or equivalent in distributed IoT devices within embedded Linux Systems
Adept at creating and implementing AI/ML models to solve real world problems
Experience with wireless concepts such as MANET, Mesh, Ad-hoc, protocols and web architecture-
Experience using and integrating wireless datalink/radio hardware and/or software
Possess an active Secret US Security Clearance

Responsibilities

Build customer relationships by leading EDM pilot programs with select customers and conveying their feedback to the Engineering and Management teams
Developing Persistent Systems' solutions to technical and non-technical clients and end-users
Elicit, collect, and develop requirements for Persistent Systems' solutions based on client and end-user applications
Based on established requirements, develop system demonstrations and test plans, followed by final reports and summaries for internal and external customers
Establish, coordinate, and/or participate in technical reviews
Troubleshooting customers’ systems and collaborating with the Sales, Engineering, and Field Operations teams to resolve technical issues
Developing technical portions of responses to RFI / RFP and other similar customer requirements
Maintaining expert knowledge of Persistent Systems’ newest products and capabilities