Propulsion Systems Engineer II – Lead & Verify

CHIPTON-ROSS Inc.; Elkton (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Chipton-Ross is seeking a Systems Engineer 2 for a contract opportunity in Elkton, MD. The role supports propulsion systems and requires strong SE experience with requirements management and design reviews.

The selected candidate will lead and coordinate across engineering disciplines, develop verification plans, and produce key SE artifacts, with on-site hours from 8 AM to 5 PM under a 9/80 schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related STEM discipline and 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience performing systems engineering activities on technical programs (requirements, design, integration, or test)
• Experience with requirements development and management, including writing clear, testable requirements and maintaining a requirements baseline
• Experience establishing and maintaining requirements traceability (e.g., between stakeholder needs, system requirements, lower-level requirements, design, and test)
• Experience supporting or leading technical reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR) or equivalent design/requirements reviews
• Experience running formal Risk Review Boards.
• Experience developing or contributing to verification and validation (V&V) plans, including mapping requirements to verification methods (test, analysis, inspection, demonstration)
• Experience performing requirements change impact analysis
• Demonstrated ability to work across multi-disciplinary engineering teams to resolve requirements and design issues
• Experience with at least one requirements management tool (e.g., DOORS, Jama, JIRA, or similar)
• Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills, including ability to identify risks/issues and propose mitigations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly document technical information and present to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and coordination between engineering disciplines, program management, and external stakeholders to ensure an integrated solution.
• Produce and maintain key systems engineering artifacts (Requirements specifications, ICDs, V&V matrices, risk registers, verification technical reports).
• Define and maintain a requirements decomposition strategy across subsystems and disciplines
• Perform requirements change impact analysis based on CCN's and design configurations.
• Lead requirements reviews (PDR, CDR-level artifacts) to ensure completeness, consistency, feasibility, and testability.
• Lead Risk and Opportunity meetings on behalf of technical and programmatic team.
• Develop verification plans, mapping each requirement to verification methods (test, analysis, inspection, demonstration) and responsible owners
• Support creation of work breakdown structure (WBS) and technical schedules based on SE activities.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong social skills, and ability to build consensus among peers while building solid relationships with team members.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements development

Requirements management

Traceability

V&V planning

Risk analysis

Stakeholder communication

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Technical reviews

Problem solving

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

DOORS

Jama

JIRA

Job description

Chipton-Ross is seeking a Systems Engineer 2 for a contract opportunity in Elkton, MD. The role supports propulsion systems and requires strong SE experience with requirements management and design reviews.

The selected candidate will lead and coordinate across engineering disciplines, develop verification plans, and produce key SE artifacts, with on-site hours from 8 AM to 5 PM under a 9/80 schedule.