Senior Systems Engineer - Defense Imaging & Sensors

Elbit Systems of America, LLC; Roanoke (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 schedule

401(k) program

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Life Insurance

Flexible Vacation/PTO

Employee Referral Program

Voluntary Benefits

Tricare Supplement

Job summary

Elbit Systems of America, LLC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer in Roanoke, VA to lead requirements development, system architecture, and verification activities for warfighter electro-optical platforms. You will guide a cross-functional sensor team and interface with customers and government partners.

The role emphasizes MBSE practices, collaboration with electrical, mechanical, optical, and software teams, and transition support to manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's of Science Degree in the Engineering field.
• Preferred - Masters.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.
• Minimum of 5+ years of systems engineering experience.
• Experience in aerospace/defense delivering solutions to standards.
• Experience with customer discovery/stakeholder needs and requirements.
• Experience with requirements management, flows down, verification & validation during the product life cycle.
• Excellent communication skills with multi-disciplinary engineering team and government customers.
• Experience coordinating with multi-disciplinary design teams (electrical, mechanical, optical, image science, software, firmware, or test).
• Proficient in written and verbal communications.

Responsibilities

• Guide multidisciplinary sensor development team.
• Guide development of project lifecycle plan and activities, including major milestones, reviews, and deliverables.
• Develop, design, allocate, and manage user and system-level requirements.
• Guide development of system architecture.
• Evaluate design tradeoffs and guide technical discussions with a multi-disciplinary engineering team.
• Define and assess interfaces with functional guides and outside organizations.
• Guide technical reviews throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide oversight of verification and validation activities, including requirements traceability and compliance.
• Aid transition of product into manufacturing alongside operations and manufacturing engineering.

Skills

MBSE (Cameo)

VIS-NIR cameras

INCOSE CSEP or ESEP

Electro-Optical imaging systems

Customer/stakeholder needs analysis

Clearance: secret

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's of Science Degree in Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Cameo

Job description

Elbit Systems of America, LLC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer in Roanoke, VA to lead requirements development, system architecture, and verification activities for warfighter electro-optical platforms. You will guide a cross-functional sensor team and interface with customers and government partners.

The role emphasizes MBSE practices, collaboration with electrical, mechanical, optical, and software teams, and transition support to manufacturing.