Mission Systems Engineer

Cruz AssociatesNewport News, VA
Onsite

About The Position

Cruz Associates Inc. of Yorktown, VA is seeking qualified candidates for a Mission Systems Engineer position located at Joint Base Langley Eustis (JBLE), Virginia. This role involves generating reports, procedures, plans, and other documentation for the TDD-SID mission. The engineer will perform engineering studies and analyses related to the design, integration, and testing of components, applying these to aviation platforms and support systems. Responsibilities also include developing requirements definitions, system architecture, software, and hardware designs. The position requires conducting test preparation and execution, including writing test plans and reports, and performing various R&D activities such as material testing, sub-component and full system checkout, and environmental testing. Planning for future efforts, monitoring program execution, documenting results, and supporting meetings are also key duties. Researching military systems and presenting findings through white papers, technical interchange meetings, and government-approved conferences are expected. The role involves developing modeling and simulation environments, system architectures, and verification plans, as well as providing systems engineering and analysis support for technical performance measures and post-test data analysis.

Requirements

  • B.S. Degree In the field of Aerospace, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering from an ABET accredited program including differential and integral calculus, electrical fields and circuits, and other comparable engineering science or physics
  • Minimum of eight years of experience with the generation of test plans, analysis, and reports specific to aviation and/or R&D programs.
  • Ability to present these findings at technical interchange meetings and senior level briefings
  • Minimum of eight years of experience with Modeling and Simulation theory and implementation of testing environments.

Responsibilities

  • Generating reports, procedures, plans, and other documentation as required in support of the mission of the TDD-SID.
  • Performing engineering studies/analyses relating to the design, integration, or testing of components.
  • Applying studies/analyses and engineering models towards associated aviation platforms and support systems.
  • Developing requirements definitions, system architecture, software, and hardware designs.
  • Conducting test preparation and execution or test-related activities for various R&D activities of the TDD-SID.
  • Developing and writing test plans, test reports, and executing tests IAW approved test plans and procedures.
  • Planning for future efforts, monitoring of program execution, and documenting program results.
  • Supporting organizing and conducting meetings, assembling communities of interest, and documenting meeting results.
  • Researching areas relevant to existing and future military systems.
  • Supporting and presenting results through white papers, technical interchange meetings, and Government approved conferences/briefings.
  • Developing modeling and simulation system environments, system architectures, and system verification plans for various R&D activities of the SID.
  • Providing systems engineering and analysis support in the definition of technical performance measures used in test and evaluation, and for post-test data collection and analysis.
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