Systems Engineer

Cubic Corporation•Ashburn, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join DTECH Mission Solutions: Cubic’s industry-leading provider of compute and networking solutions at the tactical edge! DTECH is looking for a talented System Engineer to join our mission-focused team. At DTECH, we enable edge users to connect, secure, and analyze mission-critical data with trusted, scalable, and intuitive edge technologies. Our platforms provide a decisive advantage, combining advanced computing and networking capabilities to drive performance in the most demanding environments. Every solution we develop is mission-engineered for reliability and survival in challenging conditions, with an eye toward continual innovation for the next mission. You will collaborate with a diverse group of talented professionals who are as passionate about their work as you are and are committed to delivering only the highest quality solutions. We are an agile team and this means you’re empowered to deliver the best results, have the opportunity to influence all aspects of the business, and know that each contribution you make is significant. Don’t take a backseat. Join DTECH and be instrumental in driving the future of C4ISR.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in system engineering or a related discipline, with 2+ years of relevant experience or equivalent demonstrated performance (i.e., US Veteran with operational experience in baseband communications equipment).
Must be eligible for a US DOD Security Clearence.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to Information Technology and Internet Protocol (IP) networking areas
Exposure to Cisco, VMware, Linux, and Microsoft
Knowledge of Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, and overall IP networking technology
Ability to load, configure and implement virtual machines in a VMware environment along with other hypervisors
Ability to test and document new products and clearly communicate design improvements
Certifications such as Cisco CCNA, CCNP in Route and Switch, Security, and IP telephony.
Aptitude to operate environmental test equipment
Basic electrical engineering background
Understand low-level computer concepts (BIOS programming, ethernet controllers, etc.)
Software development background
Knowledge of deployed communications and telecommunications such as SATCOM, 3G/4G LTE, MANET/MESH, and fiber.
TCP/IP, fiber optic, cellular (3G/4G/LTE), and serial networks
WAN optimization (SCPS-TP, Compression, Data Caching, etc.)
Network routing (BGP, OSPF, RIP, GRE, IPv4, IPv6, etc.)
Familiar with networking products from companies such as Cisco, Juniper, Aruba
Satellite carriers such as Inmarsat, Thuraya, Intelsat, or similar; and their service providers
MANET/MESH products and networks
Radio Over IP (RoIP)
Voice Over IP (VoIP)
IP Call Managers (CISCO, Asterisk, FreePBX, etc)
Video transport (MPEG2, RTP, H.264)
Transport security (IPSec, Suite B, Type-1 cryptographic equipment, CSfC)
SIP media servers (e.g. Motorola Solutions’ Wave)
Edge networking equipment such as hand-held radios or VoIP devices
Protocol analyzers and test equipment (Wireshark, Iperf, Spirent, etc.)
Military communications experience

Responsibilities

Serve as subject matter expert (SME) on product configuration and usage, and the different ways the product is utilized by the end user.
Perform root cause analysis and investigation during product development, manufacturing, or customer field support operations.
Support development and maintenance of various testing procedures, scripts, and automation for use in product verification and manufacturing QA testing.
Develop testing strategy informed by product architecture, requirements, and system definition.
Manage product testing plans and procedures, ensuring capture of cross-functional testing efforts, and generation of searchable test reports which includes details of test setup, parameters, and pass/fail criteria.
Create and update functional and environmental test reports.
Coordinate with external vendors to execute product certifications such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, and CE compliance.
Research new test equipment to improve test effectiveness and reduce quality escapes, giving our customers solutions they can trust.
Identify “commercial off the shelf” (COTS) products that could be integrated into products or proof of concept demonstrations for obtaining customer feedback.
Maintain relevant vendor relationships to stay abreast of technological advances that can be applied to DTECH’s product domain.
Develop logical architectures that capture systems via object-oriented and modular design principles.
Create state machine diagrams that demonstrate how a system should behave based on external signals (“black box” definition).
Help us solve our customer's biggest problems by thinking like they do. Give them everything they need, and nothing they don't.
Create flexible architectures that allow many design options. Develop requirements that dictate product behavior, not the implementation.
Work effectively across a wider team of diverse engineering expertise.
Work to meet project deadlines and raise any issues preventing this to your manager.
Ensure requirements traceability from the test procedure to system requirements.
Drive thorough and complete product testing that flows from a deep understanding of product definition and warfighter usage.
Ensure we find the product defects before a customer does.