Senior or Principal Systems Engineer leading US Government Defense engineering efforts for product development. Responsible for overseeing technical work and ensuring compliance with detailed specifications and requirements.
Responsibilities
Seeking a talented Senior or Principal Systems Engineer to work in systems engineering team to lead US Government (USG) Department of Defense (DOD) full system engineering efforts in program and product development.
Work to understand customer needs, identify & manage performance requirements, and provide overall customer satisfaction.
Contribute technical expertise, drive innovation, oversee all technical work.
Set, maintain design Specifications and requirements, and incorporate the latest design methods and tools.
Provide technical leadership in all phases of product development, including product definition, architecture, design, layout, and production support.
Lead full-system technical activities on medium-to-large product or program development efforts.
Serve as the technical conscience (Chief Engineer) of the program, leading technical dialogue with customer counterparts throughout all program phases.
Develop and maintain Systems Engineering Management Plans (SEMPs).
Create and manage project and product specifications.
Provide technical and schedule risk assessments to the program office.
Oversee subsystem specification flow-down; perform requirements analysis and decomposition.
Translate and interpret customer specifications to the project engineering team.
Provide systems engineering leadership to ensure optical, mechanical, software, and electrical designs conform to overall system requirements.
Track Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) and generate and manage action plans to ensure compliance.
Integrate innovative technical solutions to satisfy market and customer requirements.
Lead and contribute to the development of new Electro-Optical / Infrared (EO/IR) sensor products.
Lead or oversee DoD system verification, validation, and qualification activities.
Requirements
Due to program requirements, you MUST be a U.S. Citizen
Bachelor of Science (BS) in engineering
For Principal Systems Engineer level: 12+ years of direct systems engineering experience, including 12+ years on DoD development programs.
For Senior Systems Engineer level: 8+ years of direct Systems Engineering experience, including 8+ years on DoD development programs.
Good understanding of Gimbal surveillance product development cycle
Full system engineering experience in development of large and complex products with EO/IR imaging sensors, Laser tracking & detection, fine and sophisticated mechanical and control subsystems, gimbal systems etc.
DOD/Space system engineering experience is a plus.
Strong experience and capability in leading a multi-discipline engineering and quality team on new product development from conceptual stage to PDR, CDR and to Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP).
Demonstrated experience in developing, maintaining, and tracking specification and requirements compliance matrix, risk identification and risk mitigation.
Experience in system modeling, analysis, design, and troubleshooting.
Experience in EO/IR imaging sensor/imaging system modelling, characterization, and test
Experience in leading or participating multidisciplinary engineering efforts (Mechanical, Thermal, electrical, firmware/software etc.)
Good communications skills and experience presenting to senior management.
Good persuasive writing skills
Good understanding of Laser rangefinder, Laser designator and their applications
A great collaborator.
Must be able to obtain US Gov SECRET security clearance.
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