Systems Engineer III
Sierra Space
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $108,240 - $148,830 per year
About the role
- Contributes to the development and implementation of advanced system solutions
- Provides alignment, connection, and direction to the technical team throughout the product development lifecycle
- Represents the viewpoint of the integrated whole during system development
- Works to glue segments and subsystems together via top-down decomposition of stakeholder requirements
- Tracks performance measures and identifies technical risks to arrive at a compliant and cohesive system solution
- Specifies, architects, and integrates complex system solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Derives, decomposes, allocates, traces, and manages system requirements and architectures
- Defines and documents system concepts of operation
- Supports development milestone reviews by creating artifacts and deliverables
- Oversees system integration and verification activities to ensure system functionality and performance
- Identifies and manages technical risks, develops mitigation strategies, and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives
Requirements
- Requires Bachelor's degree in a related field (or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree or Masters +3 yrs experience)
- Typically 5+ years of related experience (or Masters + 3 years of experience)
- Emerging expertise in Systems Engineering principles and practices, including a thorough understanding of the systems development lifecycle
- Knowledge of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation
- Knowledge of systems architecture, systems integration, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles
- Emerging ability to work and communicate with technical and specialty subject matter expert engineers to drive systems engineering products
- Master's degree in Engineering, Physics, or a related field (Preferred)
- Robust experience with Requirements Management and Model Based Systems Engineering tools and frameworks, such as DOORS, CAMEO EA, Rhapsody, Matlab, and SysML (Preferred)
- Solid understanding of spacecraft systems, including hardware and software subsystems and components (Preferred)
- Solid understanding of project management methodologies including risk management and technical performance tracking (Preferred)
- Solid understanding of technical baseline and configuration management (Preferred)
- Experience in leading projects and mentoring junior engineers (Preferred)
- Experience or certification in INCOSE standards (Preferred)
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail (Preferred)
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment (Preferred).
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision plans
- 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%
- life insurance
- 3 weeks paid time off
- generous benefit package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Systems Engineeringrequirements managementfunctional requirements parsingsystems architecturesystems integrationVerification and Validation (V&V)Model Based Systems Engineeringrisk managementtechnical performance trackingconfiguration management
Soft Skills
problem-solvingattention to detailcommunicationleadershipmentoringadaptabilitycollaborationcontinuous improvementtechnical risk managementstakeholder engagement
Certifications
INCOSE standards