Systems Engineer 5

The Structures Company•El Segundo, CA

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop, and verify lifecycle-balanced system-of-systems and system solutions. Evaluates customer and operational needs to define system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters, and ensure compatibility of physical, functional, and program interfaces. Performs analyses to optimize system-of-systems and software system architecture, including analyses for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulatory compliance, certification, and product assurance. Supports requirements-management processes and tools, as well as risk, issue, opportunity-management, and technology-readiness assessment processes. Develops, executes, and documents test plans, procedures, and reports for ground systems, from individual components to larger functional systems. Performs ground Command and Control (C2) software-system integration, testing, and formal qualification; applies requirements-verification and test-process concepts to ground-system verification and testing; and supports verification and testing of the customer delivery system for MILSATCOM programs. This is a 12-month contract with potential for extension, located in El Segundo, California. The role requires an active U.S. DoD Secret clearance, with a clearance active within the past 24 months considered active. The first shift is 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The stated pay rate is $82–$115 per hour.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR.
Must hold an active U.S. DoD Secret Security Clearance; a clearance active within the past 24 months is considered active.
Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (including manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
Experience in verification and testing of ground software Command and Control (C2) systems.
14 or more years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience writing requirements and interface control documents (ICDs) for ground systems.
Experience developing, generating, and executing system test plans, procedures, and reports.
Experience working in a team of systems engineers using a scaled agile development process.
At least 3 years of experience in system requirements generation, verification, and system integration and test.
Strong communication, adaptability, decision-making, customer-focus, integrated-systems, engineering-analysis, and requirements-tracing skills.

Responsibilities

Plan, design, develop, and verify lifecycle-balanced system-of-systems and system solutions.
Evaluate customer and operational needs; define system performance requirements; integrate technical parameters; and ensure compatibility of physical, functional, and program interfaces.
Analyze and optimize system-of-systems and software system architecture, including affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulatory compliance, certification, and product assurance.
Support requirements-management processes and tools.
Support risk, issue, and opportunity management and technology-readiness assessment processes.
Develop, execute, and document test plans, procedures, and reports for ground systems, from single components to larger functional systems.
Perform ground C2 software-system integration, testing, and formal qualification.
Apply requirements-verification and test-process concepts to ground-system verification and testing.
Support verification and testing of the customer delivery system for MILSATCOM programs.