GNSS Systems Engineer & Technical Architect

The University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 104,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid medical coverage

Retirement contributions

Paid vacation and sick time

Paid holidays

Job summary

The Space and Geophysics Laboratory at UT Austin is seeking a GNSS Systems Engineering Scientist to lead requirements development and systems design for government-sponsored GNSS projects. You will translate stakeholder needs into actionable system architectures and guide decomposition into work units.

As part of a cross-disciplinary team, you will mentor junior engineers and collaborate across lifecycle activities from definition to deployment, including agile processes and risk assessments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, applied science, or engineering.
• Three years of relevant professional work experience developing systems requirements and designs.
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, evaluate, and support the development of large and complex systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills across diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, contributing to the whole team.

Responsibilities

• Elicit systems scope and requirements from stakeholders for use in systems designs.
• Develop and evaluate systems design, including scope, requirements, components, interactions, and interfaces.
• Communicate work process, products, and results through documentation, reports, and briefs to stakeholders.
• Participate in Agile process, backlog management, and project decomposition into components and actionable work units.
• Coordinate with stakeholders throughout life-cycle from definition to deployment.
• Perform engineering estimates, guide project schedules, and identify dependencies.
• Conduct engineering evaluations such as trade studies, reliability analyses, and risk assessments.
• Mentor junior staff, technicians, and students.
• Address other related functions as assigned.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements development

Technical communication

Team collaboration

GNSS domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/engineering

Tools

MBSE tools

Structurizr

C++/Python

Job description

The Space and Geophysics Laboratory at UT Austin is seeking a GNSS Systems Engineering Scientist to lead requirements development and systems design for government-sponsored GNSS projects. You will translate stakeholder needs into actionable system architectures and guide decomposition into work units.

As part of a cross-disciplinary team, you will mentor junior engineers and collaborate across lifecycle activities from definition to deployment, including agile processes and risk assessments.