Senior Product Development Systems Engineer

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory•Cambridge, MA

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. The Transition to Production and Deployment group at Draper is seeking a Product Development Systems Engineer to work within multidisciplinary teams to develop and provide full system lifecycle development and management of complex electrical, mechanical and software-based test equipment for systems in mission domains such as: strategic defense systems, hypersonic and space systems, precision guided munitions, and autonomous air/sea vehicles. Product Systems Engineering will lead the Systems Engineering Integration and Test engineering efforts across the system lifecycle. Starting at the System Level, a product engineer will follow the decomposition and design of the system throughout the development, sell off and deployment. Apply strong systems engineering principles to product development process for Product Deployment; concept, requirements management design, simulation, Integration & Test processes and data package development, review and release with a high understanding of the follow-on phases to assure successful next phases of the system. Key job elements include the ability to engage with customers, cross functional teams and external partners to development and manage requirements and interface designs for; highly accurate strategic sensors, inertial navigation systems, fault tolerant computing, enhanced ground testing, integration and test environments, engineering qualification, factory acceptance test and deploy system surveillance and upgrades.

Requirements

Highly-organized, capable of approaching problems with a system-level perspective
Strong oral and written communication skills
Practical experience with the systems engineering process
Familiarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and/or digital engineering (DE) tools/methods
Roles may require proficiency with modeling/simulation, computer coding languages, SysML, STPA, DOORs, and/or other engineering analysis tools
Knowledge of GN&C, avionics architectures, fault tolerance, cyber/security, comms/encryption, or other technologies may be required as defined in the summary.
Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or related field.
5-10 years experience in systems engineering with emphasis in requirements engineering.
Requirements Development, Implementation and Management
Requirement Solicitation including Stakeholder Needs, Measures of Performance, and Use Case Analysis
Experience with INCOSE Requirement Standards
Requirements Analysis (Traceability, Decomposition, Architecture)
Interface Development and Management
Familiarity with interface standards and interface coordination documentation: e.g. OSI Framework, DoDAF, SysML, Deterministic Commination Interface Coordination documentation, Development Management of Interface Signal and Message database or interface products
Requirements and Design Compliance
Requirements Verification Traceability, System/Product Compliance Plans and Reporting
System Verification Development, Management and Execution
DOORS Classic/DOORS Next Gen - Proficiency with DOORS Classic and experience with DXL is a plus

Nice To Haves

Masters degree preferred.
System Architecture - Use Cases, Functional Decomposition, Interfaces, State Machines, Sequence Diagrams
Cameo Magic Draw, Data Hub
Strong ability to review and navigate SysML products and fundamental abilities to perform architecture and requirement analysis
SysML Architecture & Design is a plus
The candidate should have experience or expertise in at least one of the following domains: Defense and Aerospace Systems, Industry, & Military Standards Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems (Inertial Measurement Units) including Strategic Grade Instruments Radiation Hardened System Design Experience, Electronics, Microelectronics, EMI, Power, Communications, Embedded Software Safety, Reliability, Cyber Security

Responsibilities

Coordinate, schedule and participate in the requirements assessments.
Assists in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.
Conducts requirements engineering, scheduling, reliability, development, and evaluation, maintainability and analysis for training.
Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements.
Assists in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
Lead assessment effort in conducting both formal and informal evaluations and analysis.
Analyze assessment results and make improvement/change recommendations.
Ensure assessment results and recommendations can be incorporated into the requirements documentation.
Drive solutions to complex problems with limited direction – contribute to task planning and test development, propose ways forward, and adapt appropriately to changes in program requirements.
Lead small teams. Seeks to align team towards program goals and builds trust within the team.
Provide insight and suggest design modifications based on analysis outcomes, and to apply analysis techniques across a range of technical challenges.
Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
Actively mentor less experienced engineers and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback.