Systems Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer - Integration & Test

Description

The team works in the Engineering and Sciences group of the company's Mission Systems business, building optimized product lines that give warfighters an edge.

The company is hiring a Systems Engineer or Principal Systems Engineer for Integration & Test in Woodland Hills, CA.

A Secret clearance is required before start, and relocation assistance may be available.

The role involves travel for 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements from a wide range of customers, turn them into design documents, and work with a mixed team to build and test them.
• Review the capabilities of current products, run performance analyses, and assess design information and requirements verification methods.
• Convert customer or product requirements into complete system solutions that fit technical, schedule, and cost limits.
• Carry out functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, and requirements allocation.
• Write, review, and manage several requirements sets covering performance and nonperformance needs, including mechanical, electrical, data, environmental, and reliability requirements.
• Track contract milestones and deliverables.
• Work with an Agile team to confirm that designs meet system requirements.
• Work with several Agile teams to verify requirements by inspection, analysis, demonstration, or test, often by writing test and data reduction scripts.
• Direct test procedures so production and troubleshooting tests run correctly and their data meets requirements.
• Build simulation models for sensors and systems.
• The requisition may be filled at either the Systems Engineer or Principal Systems Engineer level.

Requirements

• Systems Engineer: a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 2+ years of engineering experience, or a Master's degree in a STEM field.
• Principal Systems Engineer: a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 5+ years of engineering experience, a Master's degree in a STEM field with 3+ years of engineering experience, or a PhD in a STEM field with 1+ year of experience.
• Hands-on experience in systems engineering work, such as software requirements development, requirements development, test case development, and verification and validation, meaning running tests and recording results.
• A current or active U.S. Government Secret clearance.
• Able to work onsite full-time in Woodland Hills, CA.
• Preferred: strong written and oral communication skills.
• Preferred: experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Preferred: experience supporting test investigations and debugging.
• Preferred: experience with IBM Rational DOORS and technical baseline management.
• Preferred: experience on an engineering Agile team.
• Preferred: experience with JIRA.
• Preferred: systems engineering experience on large, complex systems.
• Preferred: lab and system integration experience.
• Preferred: strong time management and organizational skills.
• Preferred: understanding of and experience with Model Based Systems Engineering and Cameo modeling, or equivalent.
• Preferred: experience with ClearQuest and ClearCase.

Conditions

Onsite, full-time, in Woodland Hills, CA.

Travel is required for 10% of the time.

A Secret clearance is required before start.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Primary level base salary range: $91,800.00 to $137,600.00. A secondary level range of $0.00 to $0.00 is also listed.

The pay range is a general guide. Final offers depend on the role's scope and duties, the candidate's experience, education, and skills, and current market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, but it may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Depending on the position, eligibility may include overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let employees share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation and personal business.