Systems Engineer IV - Up to $20k Sign-On Bonus

Textron•Hunt Valley, MD

About The Position

Textron Systems’ Uncrewed Land and Air Systems team in Hunt Valley is seeking a Systems Engineer IV to support defense development programs involving ground robotics and air systems. The role contributes to full-life-cycle product development, including new product development, product upgrades, payload design, integration and testing, and fielding solutions for military and commercial customers. The engineer will work across disciplines and take ownership of design efforts to integrate new technologies into vehicles. The position includes systems engineering and MBSE work, requirements analysis and allocation, system architecture modeling, and hands-on integration and testing of unmanned ground and/or air vehicles. The engineer will collaborate with internal teams and customers, prepare and present engineering work products, and provide technical direction for components of complex hardware and software systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 10 or more years of related experience, preferably in systems or test engineering; or a Master’s degree in Engineering and 8 or more years of related experience.
Experience with hardware and/or software integration, requirements derivation and allocation, or architecture design.
Experience with systems engineering, MBSE, and modeling software.
Experience with requirements management and analysis.
Experience with engineering tools or languages such as MATLAB Simulink, Cameo/No Magic products, JIRA, and/or SysML.
Experience documenting logical or physical designs with drawing tools such as Visio, PowerPoint, or Cameo/MagicDraw to depict systems, subsystems, interfaces, components, and communications.
Effective writing and presentation skills.
Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to work effectively with others.
Self-starter with organizational, planning, and follow-up skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
Ability to travel up to 25%.
Secret clearance eligibility required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a Department of Defense environment.
Experience or certification in Model-Based Systems Engineering, such as OCSMP certification.
Active Secret clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead full-lifecycle engineering design and development activities for established and new products.
Work across engineering disciplines to develop conceptual designs that address complex problems.
Perform requirements analysis and derivation to understand customer needs.
Develop architecture models using SysML to support requirements development and derivation.
Use requirements management and test tools to decompose program requirements.
Develop and maintain system models using MBSE methodologies and tools.
Integrate MBSE practices into systems engineering design, analysis, and verification activities.
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure MBSE models represent system requirements and design accurately.
Lead hands-on integration of components and subsystems into unmanned ground vehicles and/or unmanned air vehicles.
Develop integration test plans and procedures to verify product integration.
Analyze data extracted from testing.
Define methods, processes, and evaluation criteria to verify systems, subsystems, and work products against requirements.
Prepare and present systems engineering work products to internal review teams and external customers at program milestone reviews.
Interact with technical leads, program managers, planners, technicians, and other engineers.
Collaborate with workgroup members, other departments, and customers.
Participate in an Integrated Product Team to design new capabilities, considering development and operational needs.
Provide technical direction for development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of components of complex hardware and software systems.
Manage system and derived requirements to ensure production systems are compatible with defined system architectures.
Assist with developing system and functional requirements and allocating them to hardware, software, facility, and personnel components.