Description

JOB SUMMARY

The Systems Engineer III serves as technical support to the project lead and provides systems integration direction to teams including engineers and technicians, subcontractors, vendors, and technical consultants.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS 

• Provides continuous assessment of System capabilities and deficiencies and develops product improvement proposals for Program, Organizational, and Functional Management review
• Assists Program Manager with developing solutions, generating proposals, and assessing performance
• Implements engineering processes and practices at the program level, including translating company standard processes and contract requirements to System Engineering Management Plans (SEMP)
• Elicits and assimilates customer needs; translate needs to requirements specifications
• Performs system functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into system hardware and software specifications
• Evaluates project level designs, assuring project specific requirements are in compliance with System requirements and interface definitions
• Evaluates product configuration item integration plans and approach, assuring the integrated product meets system requirements
• Integrates engineering specialty disciplines in a manner that assures that the system meets its “Ility” requirements
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints 
• Supports System characteristic models, simulations, and analyses that quantify system capabilities and improvement opportunities
• Develops and manages System budgets, including, power, weight, reliability, and error
• Provides weekly and monthly progress reporting to Program Management team
• Conducts quarterly review & update of Program System Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) and other System design documentation

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS

• All employees are expected to be in compliance with government and corporate laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
• Special projects and other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

N/A 

Requirements

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• Systems Engineering degree or certification a plus

EXPERIENCE

• Six to ten years of pertinent experience
• Experience with rugged, industrial design to meet military specifications and standards such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461/464, MIL-STD-1472, MIL-STD-882, etc. 

SKILLS and QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be eligible to obtain and/or maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance commensurate with the level of facility clearance.
• Proven ability to establish and lead small, highly technical teams
• Working knowledge of the DOORS database tool
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft tools suite, including Word, Excel, Project, Power Point
• Working knowledge of Trade Study methods and tools, system modeling and simulation techniques, system budgeting, system life cycle analysis, and design of experiments
• Working knowledge of Systems Engineering processes and procedures
• Must act with highest level of ethics and integrity
• Working knowledge of System Failure Mode and Effects and Fault Tree Analysis techniques
• Working knowledge of Risk Analysis and Mitigation techniques
• Viewed as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in field within the company
• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations
• Ability to communicate and perform effectively with others

PHYSICAL AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving objects, weighing up to 10 pounds occasionally and/or a negligible amount of weight frequently. Involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Use of computer.

Hybrid work schedule.

DISCLAIMER 

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential job functions of this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Employees will be expected to perform other job functions and duties as may be needed and/or required. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The company shall afford equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or membership in any other class protected by an applicable federal, state, local, or foreign anti-discrimination law. The company shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. These regulations also prohibit discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant.

CSES maintains a policy to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are recruited, employed, promoted, demoted, transferred, laid off, terminated, trained, and compensated without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. The company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

In this regard, the Company makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities in order to enable them to perform all essential job functions, unless doing so creates an undue hardship.

This should include physical, mental and environmental requirements.