Systems Engineer

We are hiring a Systems Engineer in Huntsville, Alabama.

The System Engineer oversees and works at a high-visibility level on Advanced Technology solutions applying system engineering principals to evaluate potential solutions.

Responsibilities:

Using a holistic approach, designs, develops, and evaluates end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle.
• Ensures requirements comply with client requirements and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle.
• Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design government standards through formal verification methods.
• Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements.
• Establishes and coordinates development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development. Designs interfaces and brings system elements together, so they work as a whole.
• Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures. Customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements.
• Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts. Translates high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with multi-discipline engineering teams to develop lower-level detailed requirements.
• Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation.
• Generates system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures.
• Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participates in the testing process to validate requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

The candidate must:

• Must have a Bachelor's degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) with 5+ years of experience, Master's degree and 3+ years of experience. Degree in system, electrical, or mechanical engineering preferred.
• Have a minimum of 3 years of combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed above.
• Be able to work from the customer facility on a regular basis unless customer approved to work outside the local area
• Be fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset.
• Be a US citizen
• Must have Active DOD Secret Clearance or higher.

Other Qualifications:

Have experience working in a DoD acquisition project management office is a plus.

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