PR025-052- SYSTEMS ENGINEER

QTEC Aerospace • Colorado Springs, CO

43d • Onsite

About The Position

QTEC Aerospace is seeking a SYSTEMS ENGINEER to join our team of professionals in Colorado Springs, CO. The successful candidate will become part of a team of professionals representing both industry and government in support of a Missile Defense System (MDS) with a mission of protecting the United States and our allies. The successful candidate will be detail oriented, have a proven track record and a positive work ethic.
Job Summary
QTEC Aerospace is looking for highly capable and motivated individuals. The successful candidate will function as an integral member of a multi-contractor team providing program, engineering, and technical support to Missile Defense programs. The chosen candidate will work in a collaborative environment to understand system requirements and perform systems engineering for an innovative Fire Control System.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and at least 8 years of related experience, or a Master's STEM Degree and at least 6 years of related experience, or at least 4 years of experience with a PhD
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs
• Strong prior experience with the use of MSOSA (Cameo) and DOORS
• Must demonstrate a strong hardware and software technical background in architecture development, functional decomposition, requirements development and allocation, and interface definition with system-modelling tools
• Applicants must have a strong background in MBSE (Model Based Systems Engineering) and the use of SysML to describe behaviors of a complex DoD system
• Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment
• Familiarity with software development requirements and testing methodologies
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work both independently and as part of a team with limited direction
• Self-motivated and able to work in a dynamic team environment with both collocated and geographically dispersed team members with varying experience levels
• Possess the skills necessary to accurately represent requirement/test perspectives to system architects, software designers, other test and test support personnel, and the Government customer
• Working knowledge of the Agile process in software development and internal testing environments.
• An understanding of the Systems Engineering Lifecycle
• Experienced, "System Thinker", comfortability working on a high-paced, high pressure, dynamic environment
• V&V planning and execution experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, and prepare and brief presentations to the customer as needed
• Self-starter with ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Candidates must currently have and be able to maintain a minimum DoD SECRET level security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Process Improvement & Analysis
• Kaizen facilitation, root cause analysis, SIPOC, and value stream mapping
• Process risk identification and waste elimination
• Lean-Agile Principles
• Training and implementation of Lean-Agile principles (Modules 1-5)
• Development of RACI (Roles & Responsibilities) matrices
• Software Automation & Tools
• Jira control strategy expertise (Git, branching strategies) and Gradle plugin development
• Collaboration & Communication
• Team onboarding support, documentation, presentation proofreading, and dry-run reviews
• Teams channel management and standardization efforts
• Additional Technical Skills
• Experience with Linux and Windows environments
• Development of unit, integration, end-to-end, and behavior-driven tests
• Software application familiarity

Responsibilities

• Perform model-based systems engineering (MBSE) functional and behavior analysis for a software and hardware integrated system
• Participate in a MBSE environment to develop system-of-systems requirements via system/component trade studies and analysis
• Contributes to publishing change notices to system specification and update of requirements databases, architectural models, interface definitions, and trace system and Element level requirements
• Document analysis results in reports and briefings for critique and review by internal and external stakeholders
• Create and present briefings within the team and external stakeholders
• Duties will include leading system engineering in the development of requirements, model, and tracking status of verification
• Perform detailed tracking of changes to system requirements and verification
• Decompose hardware and software requirements from the Prime Item Development Specification (PIDS)

Benefits

• QTEC Aerospace offers a variety of benefits including healthcare, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business. Employees may choose among the benefits offered to design the best benefits package to suit their individual or family needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level