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Senior-Level Systems Engineer

Leidos Huntsville, AL senior full-time

Salary

$107,900 - $195,050 per year

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Description

Leidos Defense is seeking a Senior-Level Systems Engineer to join the IFPC Inc 2 systems engineering team. The IFPC Inc 2 is a ground-based, mobile system that aims to combat cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft systems.

As part of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability program (IFPC), the system protects and defends civilian and military infrastructure and bridges the gap between tactical short range air defense systems and our strategic systems.

This Systems Engineer will lead and manage verification efforts for the program by owning V&V processes, planning detailed verification objectives, managing a verification burndown, and closing out verification of requirements from the system level down to the component level.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage the verification process & strategy
  • Own system-level Design Verification Objectives (DVOs) and Verification Closure Notices (VCNs)
  • Review and approve all DVOs and VCNs at the subsystem and below level including software
  • Present metrics and status to SE lead and leadership
  • Plan verification priorities and manage a verification burndown against multiple configurations
  • Ensure requirements are verifiable
  • Manage the linkages between verification artifacts and requirements such as test procedures and analysis results
  • Work to define success criteria
  • Work a path towards addressing verification gaps
  • Own the system level Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM)
  • Mentor team in writing good verification artifacts
  • Manage verification artifacts against multiple system configurations

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university with 8+ years of experience or an MS with 6+ years.
  • Experience in managing requirements verification for complex system.
  • Experience collaborating across engineering disciplines in a broad team.
  • Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.
  • Possess a secret clearance, or have the ability to obtain a secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Preference shown to candidates who possess a Master of Science in System Engineering from an ABET-accredited university, and/or have at least 6+ years of direct systems engineering experience.
  • Experience and/or working knowledge with:
  • Deriving and managing requirements for complex systems.
  • MagicDraw and/or other Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) modeling tools
  • Engineering Leadership experience
  • Demonstrated experience accurately estimating the engineering effort (i.e. hours) associated with Systems Engineering tasks.
  • JAMA, DOORS, and/or other requirements database tools
  • Object Management Group (OMG) Certified System Modeler Professional (OCSMP) certification
  • INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) certification (ASEP or CSEP)

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Master of Science in System Engineering
  • systems engineering experience
  • MagicDraw
  • MBSE
  • engineering leadership
  • JAMA
  • DOORS
  • OCSMP
  • INCOSE SEP

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