Career Level Systems Engineer

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission‑critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting‑edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

As a Center of Excellence for software development, JSEC provides an environment where innovative ideas flourish. We bring together skilled engineers and domain experts into high‑performing, agile teams empowered to deliver mission‑critical solutions.

We develop and deliver end‑to‑end operational software for use in the field. Today, our software is used around the world to support real‑time operations. Our teams use modern architecture for web and mobile deployments, leveraging both operational and technical subject‑matter expertise to harness new technologies and deliver next‑generation tools. Our responsibilities span the full‑stack spectrum including back‑end data services and front‑end development using Agile and Dev Ops best practices.

As a member of an Agile Development Team, you will participate in the development and verification activities to deliver quality and innovative software to our users on a cadence. You will collaborate with development teams, users and stakeholders to ensure our software and solutions meet established acceptance criteria, architecture, requirements and the needs of our users in their operational environment. Working with other teams, end‑users, operational Subject Matter Experts (SME) and stakeholders during each Agile Sprint and Program Increment, you will help ensure that we continue to provide high quality, accurate, state‑of‑the‑art solutions to the operational field.

• Work with customers to solicit, analyze and decompose/translate requirements, user needs, and systems interfaces to support mission planning capability design and development by our Agile teams
• Work with Product Managers, Product Owners, SMEs, architects and the customer’s representatives to plan Features, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, and product releases
• Validate software functionality and behavior to ensure requirements and mission needs are met, including avionics data compliance with Interface Control Documents (ICD)
• Champion the end‑user perspective and aircraft mission needs to our teams, ensuring they are properly addressed in design and development efforts
• Support and participate in Integration and Test (I&T) activities as products and solutions are developed. This includes supporting aircraft or test bench load testing as applicable
• Analyze ICDs and mission data mapping
• Prepare and present technical briefings and White Papers to customer management and staff
• Assist in preparing proposals, project plans, estimates/quotations, RFIs, and process improvements as required
• Investigate aeronautical and mission data issues; analyze impacts, and develop solutions and alternatives
• Investigate software discrepancy reports, bugs and integration issues to help determine cause and timely resolution
• Coordinate, prepare, review and maintain product‑related documentation
• Support planning and execution of mission database load tests in lab environment and/or on‑aircraft

* This list is not intended to be all‑inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities.

• Knowledge of route planning related data (e.g., aircraft route data, DAFIF, ARINC‑424 or similar data specifications)
• Knowledge of aircraft, weapons, mission planning, and military air operations
• Familiarity with various flight management systems and/or applicable mission data
• Analytical skills to include tasks such as: decomposition of requirements, ICD and data analyses, software bug investigation, and software functional performance evaluation
• Knowledge or experience with SysML, UML, or Software Engineering experience with UML diagramming
• Good communication skills, both oral and written, with ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts to developers and technical staff as well as non‑technical users
• Able to employ appropriate documentation and…