Senior Requirements & Concepts Engineer

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory•Huntsville, MA

6h•Onsite

About The Position

The Digital Engineering and Integrated Capabilities group at Draper is seeking a Senior Requirements & Concepts Engineer to work within multidisciplinary teams to develop system concepts, system test concepts, requirements & architecture for mission domains such as: strategic defense systems, hypersonic and space systems, precision guided munitions, and autonomous air/sea vehicles. System Requirements & Concepts Engineer will lead design concepts through the use of novel engineering approaches to drive new system development, upgrades and enhancements to future and deployed systems. Employ novel digital engineering techniques to develop and manage system requirements in a digital ecosystem of system requirements and design artifacts. Employ Model Based Systems Engineering approaches to lead systems development from concept, identification of mission and user needs, generation of use cases, system architecture and requirements. Support concept development through the system lifecycle with a focus on developing architecture, simulation and HWIL, and environmental test platforms for proof of concept, design development and prototyping with a path to system production and deployment. 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. The ideal candidate will work as part of an interdisciplinary team. The candidate will have the ability to become knowledgeable in various problem domains, identify relevant modeling and analysis techniques, develop or integrate multi-domain models of required fidelity, present results that support system-level analysis, performance trade-offs, and decision-making. The ability to communicate technical concepts effectively with customers, engineers, managers, and other stakeholders of all relevant disciplines is a must.

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.

Nice To Haves

Masters degree preferred.
Requirements and Design Compliance
Requirements Verification Traceability, System/Product Compliance Plans and Reporting
System Verification Development, Management and Execution
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
Knowledge and interest in interdisciplinary work spanning Systems Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, Trade Space Exploration (TSE), Machine Learning and Data Engineering
Experience one or more tools such as MagicDraw, DOORs, MATLAB/Simulink, Python
Experience in integrating descriptive modeling tools with other simulation tools is a plus.
A self-motivated individual with a can-do attitude that can bring structure to highly complex and ambiguously defined problems
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to support on-site consistently is highly preferred.
Prior experience in technical leadership, stakeholder engagement and management
Expertise with INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook, Department of Defense Acquisition Framework, or other government or industry Systems Engineering standards

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.