Title:  Lead, System Integration Engineering

Job Title: Lead, Systems Integration Engineer

Job Code: 35597

Job Location: Ashburn, VA

Job Schedule: 9/80 Regular

Job Description:

The Lead, Systems Engineer will be responsible for defining hardware and software requirements, designing and architecting unmanned vehicles, and managing verification and validation of technical products and systems.  The systems engineer will also be responsible for conducting component trade studies, performing system integration, and characterizing system performance.

The Agile Development Group (ADG) specializes in developing disruptive, next-generation technologies for advanced Unmanned Air Systems (UAS / UAV), advanced radar systems, next-generation weapon systems, and other RF sensor technologies.

Essential Functions:

• Lead the execution of rapid cycles in requirements development; design, build, integration, and test; and verification & validation in a design-to-cost and design-for-manufacturability environment, including lab, chamber, ground, and flight test.
• Responsible for requirements definition, flow-down, and traceability for complex electronic systems.
• Responsible for system design synthesis of complex electronic systems across multi-disciplined (i.e., EE, SwE, ME, SE, CM, QA, PM) engineering teams.
• Lead, develop, track, and present technical performance metrics.
• Analyze data from design verification test efforts.
• Develop and run simulations and other analysis tools to predict system performance in various environments.
• Lead risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies for complex systems.
• Track artifacts in Agile PLM, Sunflower, Windchill.
• Responsible for improving existing Systems Engineering processes.
• Participate in proposal activities, both cost and technical.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience

• Active DoD Secret security clearance
• Experience with unmanned systems
• Experience in system integration, engineering testing, and system performance characterization.
  
  

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with and an understanding of aerospace systems, especially in the development of integrated hardware/software products.
• Experience integrating typical payloads like sensors or communications into air vehicles.
• Experience in guided weapon systems.
• Experience in development of use cases developed from customer objectives and concepts of operations.
• Experience with MBSE, MATLAB, LabView, Python, or C/C++/C#.
• Experience in Control Account Management as part of an Earned Value Management System.
• Experience with proposal development including generating basis of estimates.

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