Systems Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physical science, systems engineering, or a related field; significant, relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• At least 10 years of experience working as a systems engineer on integrated projects, preferably in scientific R&D environments.
• Demonstrated experience with core systems engineering principles, including requirements capture, verification and validation plans, full project lifecycle planning, and scheduling and running effective meetings with geographically dispersed teams.
• Experience working across lifecycle phases from design to operations.
• Exposure to electromagnetic, RF, digital signal processing, mechanical, software engineering, and civil engineering technology domains.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proactive and independent work ethic.
• Enthusiasm for working in teams with subject matter experts, engineers, and scientists across domains and projects.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States; the Observatory presently cannot sponsor H-1B visas for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in an application domain involving high-tech, large-scale infrastructure related to radio astronomy, such as radar, communication systems, or optical telescopes.
• Experience working with international teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and participate in systems engineering processes across the life cycle of multiple projects in the ALMA WSU program.
• Review and communicate system architecture, system requirements, subsystem designs, and other technical documents.
• Develop and collaborate on integration, verification, and validation plans, interface control documents, and similar documents.
• Prepare and execute system reviews, assist in managing subsystem design reviews, and serve as a member of the project controls team.
• Guide systems engineering management processes, including configuration management, baselining, change management, and document management, and facilitate these processes across projects with international partners.
• Participate in system integration and testing activities.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays.
• Annual vacation accrual of up to 24 days.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans effective on the first day of employment, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Retirement benefit equal to 10% of a qualified participant’s base pay, with no required employee contribution.