Systems Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Position Overview

We are seeking a talented and experienced Systems Engineer to join our dynamic and growing team in the Defense Industry. The ideal candidate will play a key role in the design, development, integration, and maintenance of complex defense systems. The position requires a strong background in systems engineering, a keen understanding of defense industry standards, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of defense systems, ensuring they meet stringent specifications and performance requirements.
• Support the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule and cost constraints. Work closely with stakeholders to gather and analyze system requirements.
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve system issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify root causes and implement solutions.
• Deliver technical guidance and recommendations to engineering team, helping them understand and drive innovation and advanced protype concepts into automation, modeling and simulation, software architectures, and integration outcomes.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices, incorporating new ideas and innovations into the company.
• Collaborate with and lead project teams to ensure warfighter requirements are met and integrated seamlessly into the overall system defense design planning and training architectures.
• Deliver technical acquisition advice to the government program management, DoD / Commercial contractual statement of work (SOW) development, technical contract evaluation, and contract negotiation technical expertise.
• Have willingness to work as part of a government integrated product team environment partnering technical outcomes across multiple stakeholders and organizations.
• Conduct system integration and testing to verify and validate the functionality, performance, and security of defense systems.
• Participate / lead and coordinate preparation, conduct and closeout of internal and external customers reviews : SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR and Stage Gate reviews.
• Identify potential risks and cost associated with system development and implementation.
• Ensure compliance with defense industry standards and regulations.

Skills and Qualifications Required

Physical Requirements

Benefits

Classification

Position will be report to the Chief Engineer. Position requires full time work week spent in the shop / office. Normal hours are Monday-Thursday 7 : 00am-4 : 30pm and Friday 7 : 00am-12 : 00pm. (Must be flexible to work additional hours as needed based on project requirements and deadlines).

MSI Defense Solutions is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.