Systems Engineer I
Sierra Nevada Corporation
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Hagerstown • Maryland • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $74,581 - $102,549 per year
About the role
- Support requirements engineering activities by assisting with requirement gathering, documentation, decomposition, and basic traceability under close guidance from senior engineers.
- Assist in systems integration tasks, helping coordinate the integration of hardware, software, sensors, and subsystems while learning standard engineering processes and tools.
- Participate in Verification & Validation (V&V) efforts, including test procedure development, data collection, and assessment of results to ensure systems meet defined requirements.
- Apply introductory Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) techniques, learning to navigate models, update diagrams, and support digital engineering workflows.
- Contribute to foundational system and decision analysis, supporting trade studies, technical reviews, and risk assessments with oversight from more experienced engineers.
- Help with technical planning and documentation, including preparing meeting materials, updating engineering artifacts, and supporting configuration control activities.
- Assist in lifecycle management tasks, gaining exposure to concept development, design reviews, integration, test, and sustainment phases.
- Support architecture and design development, learning how system designs are created, reviewed, and matured, while contributing to basic technical monitoring tasks.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with cross‑functional team members, participating in discussions, capturing action items, and sharing status updates.
- Demonstrate eagerness to learn and grow, proactively seeking mentorship, training opportunities, and hands‑on experience to build core systems engineering competencies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- 0-2+ years of experience in systems engineering or related field
- Basic understanding of Systems modeling and simulation tools
- Basic Understanding of multiple Engineering principles and practices
- Familiarity working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams
- Conceptual knowledge of requirements management,
- functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation; systems design, systems integration, technical risk identification and management strategies, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision plans
- 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%
- life insurance
- 3 weeks paid time off
- tuition reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
requirements engineeringsystems integrationVerification & Validation (V&V)Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)technical planninglifecycle managementsystems designrisk assessmentrequirements managementfunctional requirements parsing
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationeagerness to learnproactive mentorship seekingteamwork
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Systems EngineeringBachelor's degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering