Autonomous Systems Engineer – Defense & Verification

Powerus; Rock Hill (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Powerus is seeking a Systems Engineer to translate customer and mission needs into verifiable requirements and to manage interfaces across airframe, avionics, propulsion, and ground systems. You will lead trade studies and plan verification and validation activities to ensure the integrated system meets its requirements.

The role requires diverse engineering experience, ability to write clear requirements, and familiarity with MBSE, SysML, DOORS/Jama, and safety analyses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience writing verifiable requirements.
• Experience with interface control and trade studies.
• Knowledge of ITAR/EAR considerations for U.S. projects.

Responsibilities

• Decompose mission, customer, and regulatory needs into verifiable system requirements.
• Maintain traceability from stakeholder need through design, test, and acceptance.
• Lead trade studies on architecture, configuration, and components and document the rationale.
• Maintain system performance budgets for mass, power, endurance, link, and latency.
• Own interface control between airframe, avionics, propulsion, payload, flight software, and ground systems.
• Support design reviews, configuration management, and change control.
• Plan verification and validation activities and define acceptance criteria.
• Maintain system-level risk, failure mode, and safety analyses and track mitigations to closure.

Skills

Requirements writing

MBSE

SysML

Trade studies

Verification planning

Interface definition

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering

Job description

Powerus is seeking a Systems Engineer to translate customer and mission needs into verifiable requirements and to manage interfaces across airframe, avionics, propulsion, and ground systems. You will lead trade studies and plan verification and validation activities to ensure the integrated system meets its requirements.

The role requires diverse engineering experience, ability to write clear requirements, and familiarity with MBSE, SysML, DOORS/Jama, and safety analyses.