Senior Associate, Systems Engineer

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Job Title: Senior Associate, Systems Engineer

Job Code: 46020

Job Location: Greenville, TX

*Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off. *

Role will require “on-call” availability during nights and weekends, with potential requirement to come on site during overnight hours.

Job Description:

The Senior Associate, Systems Engineer (SE) will be responsible for performing technical planning, systems integration, verification and validation, and troubleshooting for total systems and/or subsystems. The ideal candidate will have experience with systems engineer/architect work with a desire to work in a dynamic, fast-paced Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) environment alongside other highly motivated engineering team members.

The SE is part of a team that supports the requirements, design, development, test, and integration of complex, specialized hardware/software systems installed on ground and airborne platforms.

Essential Functions:

• 25% travel based on business needs once the candidate has been fully trained and ascimilated to the role.

• Translate the voice of the customer into system-level requirements.

• Perform requirement traceability, and verification testing.

• Develop and evaluate trade studies for accuracy and completeness.

• Evaluate alternative solutions and establish preliminary system designs.

• Write subsystem specifications based on system-level requirements.

• Understand physical architectures incorporating voice, video, and data capability across multiple security domains.

• Create System Block Diagrams.

• Review and evaluate electrical wiring diagrams to ensure design details trace to system requirements.

• Interpret complex system ICDs to new architecture designs.

• Understand test, integration, verification, and validation planning.

• Write effective verification test procedures to ensure system performance and capabilities meet system requirements.

• Prepare effective presentations to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical professionals.

• Desire to work in a dynamic, fast paced Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) environment.

• Working knowledge of LAN and VOIP protocols to include IP routing.

• Knowledge of mission systems: EO/IR, Video, Networks, SI/EW, Avionics Interfaces, etc.

• Troubleshooting and multi-level testing and analysis of various electrical signal interfaces and RF systems.

• Knowledge of requirement traceability methods and purpose, and the systems engineering trade study process.

• Working with subcontractors and U.S. Government customers.

• Developing, authoring, and implementing system test plans.

• Engineering efforts involving FAA-certified general category aircraft.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Active DoW Secret security clearance.

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of experience with Aircraft systems architecture design, integration, and/or ground/flight test certification.

• Graduate Degree with 0-2 years of experience with Aircraft systems architecture design, integration, and/or ground/flight test certification.

• In Lieu of a degree, a minimum of 6 years of experience with Aircraft systems architecture design, integration, and/or ground/flight test certification.

• Demonstrated 2 or more years of hands-on experience with systems engineering, configuration, testing, integrating, and/or verifying software and/or hardware in a multi-domain mobile airborne datalink, video, voice and data communication systems environment.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance

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