Systems Engineer, Sr

Overview

Job Description
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The Sr. Systems Engineer works with our Design team to develop a variety of innovative Unmanned Systems for defense and commercial applications. This position will interact with Controls Engineers to allocate requirements and develop architectures to drive simulation models. These development efforts will generally be small focused design teams, which will require engineers to use a range of skills and tools across traditional engineering, computer science, and mathematical disciplines.

Because of the nature of the development efforts, the engineer will need to work on a variety of stages of development including requirements definition, concept design, prototyping, detailed design, validation and verification testing.

• Manage requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
• Provide weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down
• Allocate requirements to subsystem & engineering coordination
• Evaluate system performance thresholds and providing direction
• Work with Senior Staff Engineers in developing instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition
• Provide input for model development and simulation analysis
• Review and interpret customer specification effectively
• Identifies, analyzes and resolves system design weaknesses. Influences the shaping of future products by contributing to the framework (architecture) used across multiple products or systems
• Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles
• Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Determine methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel (Team Lead)
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 8 - 12 years of experience in a systems engineering role (Aerospace systems engineering preferred)
• 4 years of experience in applying Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to design
• 5 years of experience with Cameo or 5 yrs of Software creation experience
• Has managed requirements traceability and evolution through the system development cycle
• Provided an effective weekly status of system development progress with requirements burn down
• Allocated requirements to subsystem & engineering coordination
• Evaluated system performance thresholds and providing direction
• Developed instrumented flight test vectors and data acquisition
• Provided input for model development and simulation analysis
• Strong Matlab skills and is proficient with office software and computer based productivity tools
• Familiarity with electronics and systems related to image collection and analysis
• Has developed systems test plans, procedures, and reports and reviewed and interpreted specifications
• Writing Systems Safety protocols and ensuring personnel safety during field testing

• Advanced degree is preferred
• 10 years of experience with Cameo
• 7 years of experience successfully applying MOSA or 7 yrs of experience creating Software
• Understanding and experience applying MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-1316, JTOP-052, and AOP 52
• Experience using JAMA and JIRA preferred
• Taking a product from concept to production with contract manufacturers is a plus
• Exposure to Guidance Navigation and Control Systems along with Modeling Simulation & Control and Model-Based Systems Engineering is helpful but not required
• Knowledge of Simulink, Ansys and Solidworks preferred
• Proficiency with C/C++ and Matlab
• Possesses an interest in creating Architectures using Model Based Engineering tools
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
• Has effective problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
• Consistently demonstrates teamwork, collaboration and puts the success of the team above one s own interests

• Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment (Constant)
• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

• Must be eligible to obtain a Secret security clearance
• Must be able to travel within the Continental U.S. and internationally when required.

No Clearance

The Salary Range For This Role Is $118,107 - $167,475. Aero Vironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including location, role and responsibilities, a candidate’s work…