Job Title: Lead, Systems Engineer

Job Code: 19328

Job Location: Greenville, TX (On-Site)

Job Schedule: 1st Shift 9/80

Job Description:

The Lead Systems Engineer (SE) will supervise a team supporting the requirements, design, development, test, integration, and troubleshooting of complex, specialized hardware/software systems installed on airborne and simulation lab communication platforms. The Lead SE will be a subject matter expert with comprehensive knowledge of job area and in-depth knowledge of project engineering and management. They will manage large, complex project initiatives of substantial importance to the organization with minimal oversight or direction on and off-site. Communicates within and outside of the organization to explain and influence changes to practices, processes and approaches. Provides input into new products/processes and implements operational plans that have measurable impact on business or functional results.

Essential Functions:

• Prepare and present technical results for internal and external program meetings.
• Document and support design verification tests within lab, ground and flight test environments.
• Develop, track and present technical metrics.
• Evaluate requirements definition, flow-down and traceability.
• Analyze data from verification test efforts.
• Generate and maintain schedule for engineering activities.
• Maintain risk assessment and development of mitigation strategies.
• Work closely with Project Engineering and Program Management.
• Support training and development of new team members.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret (SCI) security clearance.
• Ability to identify and solve problems using logical engineering thought processes.
• Functional working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint. 
• Understand test, integration, verification, and validation planning.
• Be able to write effective verification test procedures ensuring system performance and capabilities meet system requirements.
• Understand requirement traceability.
• Be able to prepare effective presentations to communicate technical information to non-technical professionals.
• Knowledge of requirement traceability methods and purpose.
• Knowledge of the systems engineering trade study process.
• Writing subsystem specifications based on system level requirements.
• Conducting verification testing.
• Excellent written, oral, and presentation communications skills.
• Developing, authoring, and implementing system test plans.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%. (Domestic/International)
• Experience working with subcontractors and U.S. Government customers.
• Engineering efforts involving FAA-certified general category aircraft.
• Hands-on experience with testing, integrating, and verifying software and/or hardware.
• Aircraft communication system integration and communications ground/flight test support.
• Leading projects and or task teams in the integration of systems and or subsystems in airborne and or lab environments.
• Experience creating system drawings, schematics and or signal interfaces.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s Degree with nine (9) years of prior Lead, Systems Engineering experience.
• OR Graduate Degree with seven (7) years of prior Lead, Systems Engineering  experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior Lead, Systems Engineering experience.
• Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret with SCI clearance.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• CompTIA Security+ Certification.
• CI Poly.
• Security+ Professional Certification.

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