Job Title: Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer - Optical Systems
Job Code: 36315
Job Location: Greenville, TX
Schedule: 9/80
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Job Description:
You will contribute to a collaborative engineering team responsible for the requirements, design, development, testing, integration, and ongoing health assessment of complex optical hardware and software systems. This role includes evaluating optical system performance-such as closedloop tracking, video capabilities, and data recording-against defined requirements, as well as participating in the design and development of data transport solutions that enable efficient retrieval and dissemination of system data.
Essential Functions:
- Analyze video data and tracking performance of a subcontractor's optical system.
- Create calibration curves for infrared cameras.
- Compare theory to measurement and adjust the curves accordingly.
- Translate the requirements of the customer into system level requirement documents.
- Evaluate trade studies for accuracy and completeness.
- Evaluate alternative solutions and establish preliminary system designs.
- Write subsystem specifications based on system level requirements.
- Write effective verification test procedures ensuring system performance capabilities meet system requirements.
- Prepare presentations to communicate technical information to non-technical professionals.
- Develop and implement software and system test plans in a team environment.
- Analyze data from delivered systems to verify proper operation and data fidelity and to support troubleshooting/repair efforts.
- Provide reporting to the end-user to aid in the final analysis/use of the data from delivered systems.
- Provide reporting to the maintainers of the delivered systems regarding anomalies in the data.
- Maintain/monitor/operate data transportation systems.
- Maintain records relating to the operation of the delivered systems.
- Perform requirement traceability methods and purpose.
- Perform systems engineering trade study process.
- Write effective verification test procedures ensuring system performance and capabilities meet system requirements.
- Conduct sub-system and system verification testing in a SIL and on aircraft.
- Duties could include flying.
Qualifications:
- Active DoD Top Secret (TS/SCI) Security Clearance.
- Bachelor's Degree in an appropriate engineering discipline (Electrical, Systems, Software, etc.) and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
- Demonstrated experience in systems engineering, systems architecture, systems analysis and design, system performance modeling, integration and/or project management, and/or model-based systems engineering.Â
- Demonstrated experience with MATLAB.
- Demonstrated experience writing subsystem specifications based on system level requirements.
- Demonstrated experience performing requirement traceability methods.
- Demonstrated experience performing systems engineering trade studies.
- Ability to acquire Security+ Certification.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience working with Modtran.
- Experience working software development efforts.
- Basic knowledge of optical systems.
- Experience working software development efforts.
- Experience with DOORS, JIRA, or other Requirement's traceability products.
- Abilty to engage with internal/external stakeholders at all levels including executive leadership.
- Experience working with subcontractors and US Government customers.
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