Senior Ocean Systems Engineer - Maritime R&D & AUV Systems

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a Senior Ocean Systems Engineer to advance maritime prototype systems from concept to testing and deployment. You will lead cross-functional teams, develop performance specs, and drive system architecture for autonomous underwater vehicles.

Join a collaborative team from DoD, industry, and academia. Expect travel to partner sites and opportunities to shape national maritime capabilities at APL's Baltimore-Washington region campus.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in a technical or scientific field such as Systems Engineering, Naval Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of relevant experience working with maritime systems or a closely related field to this position.
• Experience generating and performing system test events.
• Experience with maritime platform design and integration.
• Are passionate about system engineering methods and tools for maritime system development, integration, evaluations, and technology analysis.
• Possess strong organization and planning skills, with record of accomplishment in a team environment.
• Excellent social skills and outstanding written and oral communications skills.
• Able to obtain interim Secret level clearance and eventual Top Secret clearance; US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Apply innovative thinking to the detailed development, integration, and evaluation of technical solutions for maritime payloads, autonomous vehicles, acoustic systems, communications systems, and vehicle autonomy.
• Perform technical and/or project leadership for small- to medium-sized technical tasks that may involve both hardware and software.
• Develop, integrate, and test early prototype Research and Development (R&D) systems.
• Generate systems engineering products such as performance specifications, concepts of operation, and system architecture/engineering plans.
• Support small focused studies involving adaptation of technology to urgent or emerging problems.
• Collaborate with multiple DoD system partners to evaluate current strategies, risks, and opportunities to develop and implement T&E strategies that refine/improve their programs and missions.
• Collaborate with AUV operators to develop operation and maintenance processes to support the full system life cycle (requiring 10% travel to partner organization).

Skills

Maritime systems

System testing

Education

B.S. in Systems Engineering

Tools

MBSE

Job description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a Senior Ocean Systems Engineer to advance maritime prototype systems from concept to testing and deployment. You will lead cross-functional teams, develop performance specs, and drive system architecture for autonomous underwater vehicles.

Join a collaborative team from DoD, industry, and academia. Expect travel to partner sites and opportunities to shape national maritime capabilities at APL's Baltimore-Washington region campus.