Systems Engineer – Sustainment Engineering

General Dynamics Information Technology•Huntsville, AL

15h•Onsite

About The Position

GDIT is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer to provide sustaining engineering and product lifecycle management support for multiple Force Protection System (FPS) Family of Systems (FOS) to the IBD-SS II program. The successful candidate will oversee the planning, design, and implementation of system engineering projects. The ability to work hand in hand with test engineers and technical writers in developing engineering test plans. The ideal candidate will have a commanding knowledge of engineering processes, standards and workflows and will work closely with the Configuration Manager to ensure all system’s product baselines are maintained.

Requirements

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science (5+ years of related experience will include years of experience in lieu of degree)
5 years of systems engineering or relevant experience
Product Data Management / Product Lifecyle Management (PDM PLM) Tool experience desired
Superior technical writing skills, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Field Bulletins, Maintenance plan
Experience with DoD Systems, Engineering requirements and DoD contracts
Experience conducting Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products
Active Secret clearance
Current US Passport
US Citizenship Required: Yes

Nice To Haves

Complex Systems
Engineering Processes
Strategic Objectives
Sustaining Engineering
Systems Design

Responsibilities

Review existing Urgent Capability Acquisition (UCA) programs and provide solutions to issues usually related to sustainment engineering, including investigating root causes of errors or failures, identifying alternatives for end-of-life components, and creating and maintaining documentation
Assist in the analysis of failed products to improve sustainment support through viable solutions
Responsible for enabling day-to-day execution of systems integration and test flow, managing work orders, and driving discrepancy findings into actionable items and system improvements
Develop Engineering BOMs from Technical Data Packages
Lead Engineering Review Boards for engineering change requests and prepare documents for CCB
Brief Engineering Change Proposals to CCB
Conduct briefs of engineering efforts at weekly Integrated Product Team meetings
Provide guidance and training to junior engineers
Assist in the development of engineering test plans and reports
Collaborate with IBD-SS team members from engineering, training, logistics, and operational support as well as government customers and representatives to facilitate operational improvements and provide reach-back support to perform troubleshooting, maintenance, documentation distribution, sparing, and health reports
Address obsolescence issues and concerns working in conjunction with the IBD-SS logistics team
Interface with other engineers, SMEs, and technicians to solve equipment malfunctions and design flaws
Manage the full life cycle of mission systems with a focus on sustainment engineering to support existing systems by researching, reviewing design, assisting procurement, cataloging, installing, and maintaining of FP Systems.
Complete other duties and tasks assigned related to the mission