Senior Advanced Systems Engineer

ACARA Solutions and our client in Canonsburg, PA. have a contract-to-hire position available (conversion after 90 days)

Here's what you'd do:

• As a Senior Advanced Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for the requirements analysis, requirements definition, requirements management, functional analysis, performance analysis, system architecture and design, detail trade studies, systems integration, and test (verification), validation and interface definition studies of system, subsystem, or system elements with little or no supervision.
• You will work with the Chief Engineer to make critical decisions on architecture, design, and technology choices and be the technical beacon for the program, working with cross-functional teams to ensure that customer requirements are correctly analyzed, system requirements are developed and allocated to lower levels (subsystems, elements, and components).
• You will collaborate across the functional teams to resolve issues and recommend solutions to ensure that the system meets requirements with the performance needed for deployment.
• Establishment and presentation of test strategies, plans, and results to internal and external customers
• Support the set-up, configuration, and documentation of hardware and software systems under test, including loading software onto multiple devices.
• Support design, development, and implementation of cost-effective procedures for testing and troubleshooting of components, sub-assemblies, assemblies, and systems.
• Support the development of test plans, test procedures, requirements traceability, test reports, test flow, and test case design and implementation
• Document testing issues and failures, and perform analysis of test results.
• Support formal systems acceptance testing activities.
• Support failure investigation activities and failure review board (FRB) meetings.

• Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering or Science or Engineering or Mathematics
• Minimum 8 years of experience in systems engineering or test engineering
• Minimum 8 years of experience with leadership and management of project execution.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in the Design and development of underwater vehicles
• Minimum 8 years of experience in System performance, requirements, and change management
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Complex HW, FPGA, Embedded SW, and vehicle design and qualification
• Minimum 8 years of experience in DoD, Cyber, and Environmental qualification
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Torpedo Guidance and Control systems
• Minimum 8 years of experience in developing common architectures, architecture trade studies, MOSA, and standard interfaces.

• Master's Degree
• Demonstrate strong strategic and architectural vision.
• Demonstrated skill driving the system-level requirements down to the design and test levels.
• Demonstrate leadership skills on complex programs with multi-disciplinary engineering teams, push technological boundaries, lead complex projects, and mentor teams.
• Demonstrate technical excellence in systems engineering. You are viewed as a technical lead with wide experience of a broad range of relevant development technologies, and proven ability to responsibly assess the cost, schedule, and risk in your planning.
• Demonstrated use and understanding of systems engineering strategies, principles, and measures.
• Technical credibility, demonstrated through past experiences internally and with customer communities.
• Proficiency in establishing trade study problem statements and evaluation criteria.
• Demonstrated effective risk identification, analysis, mitigation, and problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated system, hardware, and software integration experience.
• Demonstrated technical excellence in engineering solutions to DoD customer requirements.
• Experience in the preparation of cost and schedule estimates for design tasks.
• Strong presentation and communication skills with experience in the art of negotiation and the ability to meet challenging customer requirements with win-win solutions.
• Refined brokering skills, regularly achieving consensus among stakeholders.
• Collaborating effectively with others, along with building teams that excel through client values.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person,' as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.