Senior Systems Engineer

Infinity Systems Engineering•Colorado Springs, CO

9d•$140,000 - $155,000

About The Position

The Senior Systems Engineer provides engineering support for the ESS Ground Resilient Integration & Framework for Operational NC3 (GRIFFON) Ground Integration & Framework (GIF) and Systems of Systems Integration (SoSI) contract. During the 18-month prototype demonstration period, the engineer will help demonstrate key capabilities and progress toward Ground Assembly, Integration and Test (AI&T), and co-lead identification and demonstration of digital tools for GRIFFON tasks. The role also supports development of a digital engineering master plan, including digital twins, to reduce risk in system-level verification activities. The position requires a Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship. Work may take place in a SCIF. A bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or a related field is required, or equivalent experience in lieu of a degree. At least five years of systems engineering experience focused on digital engineering and risk reduction activities, or a related field, is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or a related field, or equivalent combination of experience in lieu of a degree.
At least 5 years of systems engineering experience focused on digital engineering and risk reduction activities, or a related field.
Experience with systems engineering in an Agile development environment, such as Scrum or Kanban.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical documentation and team collaboration.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment that requires work in a SCIF.
Secret clearance.
U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Systems of Systems concepts and architectures.
Experience with verification and validation principles, approaches, processes, and procedures.
Experience with NC3 mission, International Partner, protected SATCOM, XDR waveform, and/or AEHF User terminal.
Self-motivation and ability to collaborate positively with team members of differing experience and education levels, including in geographically dispersed virtual teams.

Responsibilities

Co-lead identifying and demonstrating digital tools for execution of GRIFFON tasks during the 18-month prototype demonstration period.
Support development of a digital engineering master plan, including digital twins, for risk reduction of system-level verification activities.
Work with stakeholders on Interface Control Documents (ICDs) to define and agree on interfaces and their implementation and impact on system design.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary Agile teams to define system requirements, design, and integration solutions.
Decompose ESS overall system design requirements into element and component specifications, maintaining upward and downward tracing in DOORS and horizontal tracing with the system model.
Create, update, and deliver GRIFFON engineering artifacts using systems engineering support related to NC3 mission, International Partner, protected SATCOM, XDR waveform, and/or AEHF User terminal experience.
Identify and analyze key system-level trades across segments to define the ESS top-level architecture.
Identify, plan, and implement test, analysis, and integration campaigns to verify internal and external interfaces.
Identify and define impact assessments, including cost, schedule, and performance, for changes to the technical baseline.
Develop and coordinate a system requirements verification and sell-off plan.
Work with Digital Engineering concepts and tools, such as Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).