Design Engineer Senior 3

M.C. Dean, Inc; Rock Hill (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

M.C. Dean, Inc. is seeking a skilled engineer to support security and cyber-physical system deployments at customer sites in the Southeast. The role emphasizes design, deployment, and ongoing system sustainment with collaboration across engineering and installation teams.

You will perform system administration, troubleshoot issues, and document standards while communicating clearly with clients. A technical BS degree and 5+ years of relevant experience are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline (BS) such as Electrical Engineering or Systems Engineering with 5+ years of experience.
• Hands on experience designing and deploying different systems.
• System administration experience in performing triage on system problems, resolving the system problems, analyzing system data to prevent problems, and implementing new workstations and system extensions.
• Reliable attendance at customer site during work hours required by customer
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Meet with the customer to understand the security needs and develop requirements and test plans.
• Identify candidate technologies and evaluate them against the defined requirements.
• Become an expert on the system and be able to communicate how the system enables the solution and where it's limitations lie.
• Work with internal teams to assess and resolve all privacy, network security, and scalability concerns for the systems.
• Write high quality documentation for system standards and operations.
• Work hand in hand with installation and administration teams to field the solutions.
• Continually re-evaluate the systems to ensure they are still effective and actively assess how new technology developments or changes in the environment may require new solutions.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on engineering needs and requirements for system performance, installations, and sustainment programs and provide recommended improvements per industry best practices

Skills

Hands-on system design & deployment

System administration & triage

Excellent verbal and written comms

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Systems Engineering

Job description

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust,we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

Responsibilities

• Meet with the customer to understand the security needs and develop requirements and test plans.
• Identify candidate technologies and evaluate them against the defined requirements.
• Become an expert on the system and be able to communicate how the system enables the solution and where it's limitations lie.
• Work with internal teams to assess and resolve all privacy, network security, and scalability concerns for the systems.
• Write high quality documentation for system standards and operations.
• Work hand in hand with installation and administration teams to field the solutions.
• Continually re-evaluate the systems to ensure they are still effective and actively assess how new technology developments or changes in the environment may require new solutions.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on engineering needs and requirements for system performance, installations, and sustainment programs and provide recommended improvements per industry best practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline (BS) such as Electrical Engineering or Systems Engineering with 5+ years of experience.
• Hands on experience designing and deploying different systems
• System administration experience in performing triage on system problems, resolving the system problems, analyzing system data to prevent problems, and implementing new workstations and system extensions
• Reliable attendance at customer site during work hours required by customer
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Abilities:

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.