Oliver Wyman Vector - Systems Engineer - Seattle, WA

Marsh McLennan•Seattle, WA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Oliver Wyman Vector is hiring a Systems Engineer in Seattle, Washington, to provide technical consulting and services for aviation, aerospace, defense, and rail clients. As part of the Oliver Wyman Transportation and Services Practice, the role contributes to systems engineering and integration work, including architecture development, requirements definition and decomposition, concept of operations, model-based systems engineering, validation and verification, development assurance, safety analysis, and systems integration. The Systems Engineer plans and troubleshoots complex systems integration activities for airplane network systems, validating interface definitions and system requirements. The role also includes project management, risk management and trade study analyses, tool and technology deployment, manufacturing assessments, and collaboration with internal teams and clients. The engineer supports technical work in a team environment and helps assess project performance against baseline plans. The position requires a bachelor's degree in an accredited engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or chemistry program and five years of experience, or an advanced degree and fewer than two years of experience. Relevant experience includes airplane software certification under RTCA DO-178, airplane networks and communication systems, testing and troubleshooting, development assurance, certification, and safety analysis. Unrestricted U.S. work authorization is required; sponsorship is not offered. The role is full-time and based in Seattle. The posting also describes a competitive total rewards package and notes that performance-based incentives may be available.

Requirements

Experience with airplane software certification under RTCA DO-178.
Experience with airplane networks and communication systems.
Basic knowledge of network protocols, routing table definitions, and network architecture definitions.
Experience with test procedures, laboratory testing, and troubleshooting.
Experience with development assurance, certification, and safety analysis.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Customer focus and ability to respond to urgent technical problems and contribute to solutions.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or chemistry from an accredited program and five years of experience, or an advanced degree and fewer than two years of experience.
Ability to support requirements management processes and tools, risk, issues and opportunity management, and technology readiness assessment processes.
Knowledge of requirements and risk management and trade study analyses.
Strong familiarity with the MS Office Suite.
Unrestricted U.S. work authorization; sponsorship is not offered, and CPT and OPT are restricted forms of work authorization.

Nice To Haves

ABET accreditation is preferred for the degree program.

Responsibilities

Develop systems architectures; define and decompose requirements; develop concepts of operations; and support MBSE, validation and verification, development assurance, safety analysis, and systems integration.
Plan, execute, and troubleshoot complex systems integration to validate interface definitions and system requirements for airplane network systems.
Perform risk management and trade study analyses.
Work with other teams to resolve technical issues.
Apply analytical and problem-solving skills to achieve optimal system design and integration.
Support project management, deployment of tools and technology, and technology and manufacturing assessments.
Support requirements management, risk, issue and opportunity management, and technology readiness assessment processes.
Compare actual results with baseline plans to assess project performance, efficiencies, productivity, and lessons learned.
Contribute technical work in a team environment and interact with internal and external stakeholders.