Senior Systems Engineer

Kratos Unmanned Systems; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

5-D Systems, a KRATOS Company, is seeking a full-time Systems Engineer to deliver full lifecycle engineering for unmanned aircraft programs. You will develop requirements, architectures, and MBSE artifacts, and lead technical reviews with internal teams and customers.

Join a defense/aerospace focused environment, apply Cameo modeling, and support proposal activities while traveling up to 25% to customer sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience developing system requirements and verification documentation.
• Leadership experience on defense/aerospace programs.
• Experience with MBSE and Cameo modeling.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and decompose stakeholder requirements and allocate to system elements.
• Develop system architectures and MBSE artifacts (interface definitions, system schematics).
• Create and maintain system verification plans and test strategies (HWIL, subsystems, system testing).
• Lead or support design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR) and technical proposals.

Skills

MBSE

Cameo

System requirements

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Defense/Aerospace experience

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering

ABET-accredited program

Tools

Cameo

Job description

5-D Systems, a KRATOS Company, is seeking a highly motivated candidate who will provide full lifecycle systems engineering technical contribution and leadership in support of unmanned aircraft programs. This position is full-time and requires the ability to successfully work in a team environment. The successful candidate will understand and have experience applying the full systems engineering lifecycle, and must be able to develop requirements, create system design documentation, generate, utilize and maintain Cameo models. This position will interface with internal and external project team members, company leadership, and customers.

Duties

• Analyzing customer/stakeholder requirements, decomposing requirements, deriving requirements, and allocating requirements to system and subsystem elements
• Developing system architectures for new and existing systems
• Conducting trade studies and performing design research of engineering concepts and explorations to determine optimal requirements and system architecture
• Developing system/subsystem design documentation such as interface definitions, system schematics, and system description documents
• Developing and executing system verification plans and efforts
• Developing MBSE processes, procedures, templates, and best practices
• Developing, reviewing, and presenting Cameo models to internal and external stakeholders
• Leading or supporting system engineering technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR)
• Assisting in preparation of proposals and presentation materials
• Performing peer reviews of fellow team members work
• Developing and reviewing test plans and reports
• Supporting the planning and execution of various kinds of testing including hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL), subsystem and system testing
• Traveling to customer locations as needed (<25% anticipated)

The successful candidate has

• Minimum Experience/Skills:
  • Experience developing system requirements, system designs, and verification documentation
  • Leadership experience working within the Defense and/or Aerospace industry on complex programs
  • Experience with MBSE and Cameo
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with remotely distributed teams
  • Demonstrated technical leadership capabilities
  • Sense of ownership, urgency, and drive to accomplish results

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline from an accredited engineering university
• 11-20 years of relevant industry experience
• A U.S. DoD Secret Clearance or higher (or the ability to obtain such a clearance if needed)