Senior Systems Engineer
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Sierra Nevada Corporation
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Colorado
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💰 $189,762 - $260,922 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
JavaPython
About the role
- Research, architect, model, simulate, test, certify and improve cutting edge products and services
- Developing complex system architectures within contextual modeling platforms, ushering them from operational concept through preliminary and detailed design, simulation, and test using progressive tools
- As a cross-functional engineer, you are in charge of system-level ownership of new products and processes through the product lifecycle
- Tailoring solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations
- Design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support
- Lead baseline definition and maturation in a complex development setting, including the use of high impact trade studies and other measures
- Establishing and tracking key Technical Performance Measurements (TPM)
Requirements
- Bachelor's of Science degree in System Engineering or related discipline and typically 16 or more years of relevant experience
- Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
- Advanced knowledge of engineering principles and practices
- Progressive Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams
- Thorough understanding 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
- The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required
- Demonstrated capability in requirements management and system modelling tools, such as DOORS, Rhapsody, NoMagic, MATLAB
- Advanced knowledge of industry standard mechanical design principles, to include, but not limited to requirements management, Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)
- Experience or certification in INCOSE standards
- Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry
- Progressive experience leading baseline definition and maturation in a complex development setting, including the use of high impact trade studies and other measures
- Advanced experience with establishing and tracking key Technical Performance Measurements (TPM)
- Understanding of industry standard software languages such as C, C#, C++, HTML, Java, Python, and Bash
- Experience with software tools for requirements tracking, code reviews, static analysis, library and artifact repository, and automated build
- Knowledge of software development methodologies such as Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, and Spiral
- Proficient with data structures
