Systems Engineer

AeroVironment•Albuquerque, NM

24d•$111,500 - $170,000

About The Position

AeroVironment is seeking a Systems Engineer to support a ground-based product line and related programs. The role collaborates with systems and multidisciplinary design engineers, as well as program management, to accomplish product and program goals. A person serving as a Systems Engineering Lead is expected to provide direction to other systems engineers supporting the product line and related programs. The Systems Engineer manages customer and product requirements, coordinates requirement allocation and derivation with functional engineering leads, supports internal product reviews and customer meetings, develops Verification and Validation (V&V) plans with engineering leads, and supports system testing to complete V&V. The position involves working with multidisciplinary teams on requirements, test planning, test execution, and data collection and analysis. It requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD security clearance. Access to export-controlled information requires documentation verifying U.S. person status.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics.
2–12 years of systems engineering experience working with system requirements development and management and system verification and validation.
Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team, including mechanical, electrical, optical, and software disciplines, to develop requirements and test plans and support test execution and data collection and analysis.
U.S. citizenship required.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience working directly with teams building hardware systems, rather than only managing requirements in a database.
Experience working with mechanical, electrical, optical, and software teams to develop, test, and field laser and/or beam control systems.
Experience with prototype or low-rate production systems.
Experience with MSBE tools such as Cameo; this is a plus but not mandatory.
Strong communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
Current and active U.S. DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

Manage product and customer requirements in a requirements database.
Work with functional engineering leads to allocate product and customer requirements and derive lower-level requirements.
Support internal product reviews and customer meetings in a systems engineering capacity.
Work with functional engineering leads to develop Verification and Validation (V&V) plans.
Support system test execution to close out V&V.
If serving as a Systems Engineering Lead, provide direction to other systems engineers supporting the product line and related programs.