Systems Engineer Sr Stf

Standard Job Description

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Deputy Chief Systems Engineer

Support the Chief Systems Engineer in the leadership of the systems‑engineering team in day‑to‑day design, integration, and verification activities
Coordinate technical engineering checkpoints (e.g., System Architecture, Systems Requirements, Preliminary Design, Critical Design Review, Test Readiness) to validate engineering progress, capture decisions, and update the technical baseline
Handles detailed requirement decomposition, traceability, and verification for the demo.
Technical interfaces lead ensuring mechanical, electrical, and HW/SW interfaces are properly defined and managed; oversight of mechanical, electrical, and HW/SW integrators
Support schedule and status reporting for Systems Engineering Activities
Ensure compliance with systems engineering processes
Mentor junior engineers

The information below includes the standard job description for this position

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline (MS preferred).
• 5 to 10 years of experience in Systems Engineering on Development Programs
• Experience with Requirements and Verification
• Experience with Requirements Management Tools such as DOORS and Jama
• Experience as a technical leader coordinating across diverse technical teams
• Experience in coordination of program technical reviews
• Active and Current Secret clearance is required. Thus U.S. citizenship is required

Desired Skills

• Expertise in Missile Guidance, Propulsion, Assembly Integration and Test, Flight Test, Launch Vehicle Integration, Mission Analysis and Specialty Engineering
• Experience coaching junior engineers, fostering a collaborative culture, and building high‑performing multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering and SysML
• Experience with Agile Systems Engineering
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice​

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