Scientist, Systems Engineer

Job Description:

Our client has an immediate opening for a Lead Systems Engineer in Fort Wayne, IN. The ideal candidate for this position will be proficient in all aspects of the systems engineering process, will have direct and significant experience designing and testing complex systems, and will be comfortable coordinating teams of technical personnel.

They are looking for Systems Engineers to help design, develop, integrate, test, and deliver space based remote sensing systems to our customers and support their on-going operations in the areas of both weather and missile warning/missile defense.

Essential Functions:

• Support/lead concept of operation development and requirements analysis, decomposition, and generation at various levels of the system
• Support/lead requirements traceability and development of test plans to cover requirements
• Support/lead integration and test of electro-optical/infrared systems and related hardware/software
• Support/lead data analysis and modeling and simulation
• Support/Lead design reviews (PDR, CDR, etc.)
• Provides support to engineering in developing technical specifications, interface control documents, test plans and procedures, and test conformance to specifications
• Present work to multi-disciplinary team and internal/external customers
• Provide mentoring to less experienced Systems Engineers
• Contribute to proposal activities
• Program planning, guidance, and execution

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (Master of Science or PhD degree is a plus)
• 12+ years (10+ with MS or with PhD) of prior relevant experience
• Experience generating/managing requirements at various levels of the system and flowing down requirements to sub-systems/sub-components
• Experience using DOORS and/or MBSE software
• Experience leading multi-discipline technical teams
• Technical expertise in Electrical, Mechanical, Optical or equivalent engineering discipline
• Experience working on aerospace/defense systems (space payloads, spacecraft bus, ground systems, environmental testing)
• Ability to work ITAR or EAR projects

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, ability to interact with a cross functional team, act as customer interface
• Ability to collaborate across all levels of leadership
• Experience with project management aspects of programs (cost account management/earned value management system, estimating costs, managing schedules)
• Experience with data analysis and/or modeling and simulation (e.g. with MATLAB/python)
• Experience with estimating and managing costs
• Experience architecting, analyzing, developing, and integrating end to end systems in areas such as EO/IR, RF, or space payload and spacecraft bus subsystems
• Eligibility to obtain a security clearance