Systems Integration and Requirements Engineer

NIRA, Inc. • Washington, DC

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About The Position

NIRA Inc. is seeking a Systems Integration and Requirements Engineer to support Federal Aviation Administration programs involving ground-based air traffic management and airport operational systems. Working alongside a Lead Systems Engineer, this position translates operational needs into measurable requirements, documents system interfaces, analyzes real-time performance, and develops technical evidence to support integration, testing, and operational readiness.

The role requires practical experience with integrated hardware, software, communications networks, field sensors or surveillance equipment, and operator-facing systems. The engineer reviews technical documentation, identifies inconsistencies, investigates system behavior, and develops clear engineering recommendations. This is a hands-on engineering position focused on requirements, integration, and verification, rather than enterprise IT administration, helpdesk, or project coordination.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related technical discipline, consistent with applicable contract requirements.
• At least five years of relevant engineering experience, including at least three years supporting integration, requirements development, or verification of ground-based air traffic management, airport operational systems, aviation surveillance or communications, or comparable real-time aviation systems.
• Demonstrated experience developing engineering work products such as system requirements, requirements traceability matrices, interface specifications, technical diagrams, test procedures, or verification reports, and ability to explain personal contributions to these products.
• Practical understanding of integrated operational systems combining field equipment or sensors, network transport, processing software, and operator interfaces; experience must extend beyond standalone application development or routine office-network support.
• Working knowledge of IP-based communications and real-time system performance, including TCP/UDP, network segmentation, multicast or comparable data-distribution methods, quality of service, timing and synchronization, and redundancy; ability to relate these concepts to operational performance and integration requirements.
• Hands-on integration and testing experience, including use of logs, packet captures, measurements, or other technical evidence to investigate issues; experience developing or applying pass/fail criteria, documenting defects, and verifying corrective actions.
• Strong technical-writing and analytical skills, attention to configuration and version control, and ability to manage assigned engineering tasks with limited day-to-day supervision.
• Ability to meet applicable government background-investigation and facility or system-access requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience supporting FAA or National Airspace System engineering programs, including technical reviews, operational testing, site acceptance, or transition to service.
• Experience with sensor-based situational awareness, surveillance-data processing, operational displays, or real-time audio/video systems, including assessment of information quality, latency, synchronization, and operator-interface behavior.
• Familiarity with system-safety, cybersecurity, human-factors, reliability, or maintainability activities and their effects on requirements, interfaces, and verification.
• Experience using requirements-management tools, network-analysis tools, scripting, or data-analysis tools to maintain traceability, investigate system behavior, and summarize test results.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine functional, performance, interface, and supportability requirements; maintain traceability matrices connecting operational needs with system requirements, design information, verification methods, and test evidence; identify and help resolve ambiguous, conflicting, missing, or untestable requirements.
• Develop interface control documents, data-flow diagrams, equipment and interface inventories, and integration specifications documenting communication protocols, data formats, timing and synchronization, system boundaries, and dependencies.
• Analyze end-to-end latency, bandwidth, jitter, packet loss, data quality, synchronization, redundancy, and failure recovery; review technical assumptions and calculations; assess the operational effects of component or interface failures, degraded modes, and restoration.
• Review supplier specifications, architecture documents, interface descriptions, configuration records, and test reports against applicable requirements.
• Maintain technical issue logs and document proposed changes' effects on interfaces, performance, safety, security, testing, and supportability.
• Prepare technical inputs for site-readiness assessments, implementation plans, and transition-to-service documentation.
• Coordinate with systems engineering, operations, safety, cybersecurity, human-factors, maintenance, and test personnel.
• Provide engineering assumptions and dependencies to program, cost, and schedule teams.

What This Job Offers

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