Senior Systems Engineer

NextGenEnergyJobs; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Fusion Systems in Massachusetts seeks a systems engineer to elicit and decompose system requirements, establishing traceability in a requirements database. You will support architecture trade studies, coordinate interfaces, and conduct risk assessments to guide design decisions.

Responsibilities include developing test plans for verification/validation, managing baseline changes, and contributing to design reviews, with occasional travel for off-site testing.

Qualifications

• Experience in systems engineering and requirements management.
• Ability to perform risk assessments and document mitigation plans.
• Proficient in coordinating interfaces between subsystems and driving design maturity.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, decompose, and establish traceability of system requirements in a requirements database.
• Support requirements driven architecture trade studies for a system.
• Coordinate, define, and control interfaces between systems and their interfacing systems.
• Conduct trade studies to drive technical decision making and present proposals for decisions.
• Conduct risk assessments on systems using failure modes analysis software and methods.
• Develop risk mitigation plans and ensure implementation.
• Manage changes affecting system baseline for impact to scope, schedule, cost, or interfacing systems.
• Support design review content and assist in reviews for technical maturity and accuracy.
• Develop test plans and document evidence for requirements verification and validation.

Skills

Traceability

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Interface management

Trade studies

Risk assessment

Test planning

Tools

FMEA software

Job description

About Commonwealth Fusion Systems:

Responsibilities

• Elicit, decompose, and establish traceability of system requirements in a requirements database
• Support requirements driven architecture trade studies for a system
• Coordinate, define, and control interfaces between systems and their interfacing systems
• Conduct trade studies to drive/coordinate technical decision making. Present proposals for decision closures to the appropriate level of management
• Conduct risk assessments on systems using failure modes analysis software and methods, and
• ensuring that risk mitigation plans are developed and implemented
• Manage changes affecting system technical baseline for impact to scope, schedule, cost, performance, or interfacing systems
• Support design review content development and the review of other design reviews for technical maturity, consistency, and accuracy
• Develop test plans for and document evidence against requirements verification and validation Develop requirement/risk informed testing and commissioning plans

Requirements

• Perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time
• Dedication to safety to mitigate hazards that may include heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead, high voltage, and cryogenics
• Willingness to travel or work required nights/weekends/on-call occasionally to support off site testing