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Systems Engineer Senior

GDIT Huntsville, AL On-site senior full-time

Salary

$97,968 - $115,000 per year

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Description

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Systems Engineer Senior and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

As a Systems Engineer Senior, you will play a crucial role in executing planning, design, and implementation of system engineering projects, providing clear technical direction to team members, and having breadth of knowledge as it pertains to systems integration and design.

You will be responsible for:

  • Reviewing existing Urgent Capability Acquisition (UCA) programs and providing solutions to issues related to sustainment engineering
  • Investigating root causes of errors or failures, identifying alternatives for end-of-life components, and creating and maintaining documentation
  • Collaborating with IBD-SS team members from engineering, training, logistics, and operational support, as well as government customers
  • Driving key outcomes by assisting in the analysis of failed products to improve sustainment support through viable solutions
  • Reviewing baseline designs for errors and failure points
  • Executing Level of Repair Analysis for systems end-to-end
  • Developing Engineering BOMs from Technical Data Packages
  • Attending Engineering Review Boards for engineering change requests and preparing documents for CCB
  • Briefing Engineering Change Proposals to CCB
  • Developing engineering test plans and reports
  • Addressing obsolescence issues and concerns working in conjunction with the IBD-SS logistics team
  • Interfacing with other engineers, SMEs, and technicians to solve equipment malfunctions and design flaws
  • Managing the full life cycle of systems with a focus on sustainment engineering
  • Supporting existing systems by researching, reviewing design, assisting procurement, cataloging, installing, and conducting maintenance of FP Systems

To succeed in this role, you will need:

  • Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science (years of experience will be considered in lieu of a degree)
  • Experience: 5+ years of related experience
  • Security clearance level: US Secret security clearance required day one; required to maintain secret clearance to remain on contract
  • QA/QC experience as it relates to Physical Configuration Audits
  • Understanding of the full scope of the engineering lifecycle from concept to divestment
  • Experience translating an Engineering BOM into a Service BOM for logistics
  • Experience with DoD Systems, Engineering requirements, and DoD contracts
  • Superior technical writing skills, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Field Bulletins, Maintenance plan
  • Experience preparing Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) and Technical Data Packages (TDP)
  • Experience conducting Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products
  • Previous experience with Rapiscan and FLIR product lines, DoW Force Protection, Networking and computer technology, hydraulics, electronics, mechanical, camera technologies, and supporting software

GDIT offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • Medical plan options
  • Dental plan options
  • Vision plan
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Paid time off plans
  • Short and long-term disability benefits
  • Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance

Skills

Required

  • Engineering Processes
  • Product Lifecycle
  • Sustaining Engineering
  • System Integration
  • Systems Design
  • DoD Systems
  • Engineering requirements
  • DoD contracts
  • Technical writing
  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Field Bulletins
  • Maintenance plan
  • Engineering Change Proposals (ECP)
  • Technical Data Packages (TDP)
  • Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)

Nice to have

  • QA/QC experience
  • Physical Configuration Audits
  • Rapiscan
  • FLIR
  • DoW Force Protection
  • Networking and computer technology
  • hydraulics
  • electronics
  • mechanical
  • camera technologies
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