Lead Systems Engineer

Frequentis; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Competitive 401(k) Plan

Employee Life Insurance & AD&D

Generous holidays

PTO that scales with tenure

Company-sponsored team-building activities

Bonus Plan

Job summary

A leading communications systems firm in Columbia, MD, is looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to design and implement IT solutions for mission-critical communication systems. Responsibilities include leading project teams, conducting risk assessments, and creating technical documentation. The ideal candidate has a degree in Information Technology and 8-10 years of relevant experience. We offer competitive benefits including medical plans, 401(k) matching, and a positive work-life balance.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years' experience in Systems Engineering with hardware and software integration.
• Experience in leading and mentoring project teams.
• Proven ability to apply best practices in systems engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement IT system solutions for communications equipment.
• Lead project engineering teams for successful project execution.
• Conduct risk assessments and devise mitigation strategies.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Project Management

Risk Management

Network Solutions

Innovation Application

Education

BS or MS in Information Technology or equivalent

Job description

Job Introduction

Frequentis USA Inc. is dedicated to creating a safer world. With over 75 years of experience, Frequentis understands controllers in safety critical situations encounter new challenges daily. Our mission is to develop and market highly reliable, optimized, custom-tailored, and user centric communication and information systems for mission critical solutions. As an industry leader in voice communication data information systems, we create a safer world through integration, digitalization, and automation while maintaining world class safety standards. We proudly serve many U.S. government agencies including the FAA, DoD, and NASA. Safety as our number one priority pushes us to constantly learn about the ever-changing needs in safety critical environments to deliver innovative solutions.

Key Tasks

• Designs, develops, implements, and validates IT system solutions for networking, computing, and our propriety communications equipment.
• Leads a teams of project engineers.
• Defines scope, objectives, deliverables, and delegates project tasking to other system engineers on the team.
• Collaborates with customers, vendors, and internal teams (e.g., program management, hardware & software development, test engineering, field engineering, production) for total project success.
• Investigates and applies innovative technologies or methodologies to improve project outcomes, efficiency, or sustainability.
• Performs risk assessments to identify potential project obstacles and devises mitigation strategies for successful project outcomes.
• Establishes a system design including conceptual, functional, and physical designs of large scale, distributed systems.
• Designs, integrates, supports, and debugs complex mission critical systems implemented in high availability architectures.
• Provides systems and integration engineering for software and hardware systems, subsystems, modules, and application tools.
• Creates, reviews, and approves technical documentation (e.g., design drawings, design reviews, system layouts, system configuration, build plans/instructions, rollout strategies).
• Takes ownership of Engineering related deliverables and their technical compliance required by the program.
• Ensures adherence to industry standards, regulations, and best practices.
• Manages expectations and resolves project-related issues.
  
  

Key Qualifications

• BS or MS in Information Technology, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience with IT systems and engineering.
• 8-10 years’ experience in Systems Engineering integrating, deploying, and supporting integrated hardware and software solutions in the area of networking and communications.
• Proven experience in leading and mentoring system engineering project teams.
• Demonstrates the ability to implement and apply best-practice system engineering concepts and appropriate risk management to solutions.
• Able to learn, select, and integrate new technologies into system solutions.
• Candidates should meet the requirements for a Public Trust Clearance FAA Suitability determination.
  
  

Our Values

Frequentis USA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Around 2,100 employees are committed to creating a safer world with their innovative strength and technology orientation. Our culture is based on a working environment characterized by fairness and trust, mutual respect and appreciation. As an international company, we value this diversity and recruit regardless of age, gender, origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion. We value fair and good working conditions, an optimum work-life-balance and offer all our employees equal development opportunities. In doing so, we focus on long-term working relationships in order to keep the valuable know-how of our employees stable.

Benefits

Benefits: We are committed to supporting our mission through the following employee benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts
• Competitive 401(k) Plan with company match and immediate vesting
• Employee Life Insurance & AD&D
• Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous holidays, including a full week off from December 25 to January 1
• PTO that scales with tenure and sick leave
• Company-sponsored team-building activities to boost morale and productivity.
• Bonus Plan
  
  

TRUST-BASED

MODERN MENTORING TRAININGS

WORKING HOURS

IT-EQUIPMENT PROGRAM