Senior Systems Engineer, ngVLA CSS

Flushing Bank; Charlottesville (VA); Presencial; USD 60 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health, dental, and vision plans

Paid time off: holidays, vacation, and

Paid parental leave

Retirement plan with employer match

Resumo da oferta

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) seeks a software-oriented systems engineer to apply systems engineering discipline to the CSS for ngVLA.

Located at the NRAO facility in Charlottesville, VA, the role partners with software developers, system architects, and SMEs to capture evolving software requirements, architectures, interfaces, and designs that trace to project requirements and meet quality standards.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of systems engineering on integrated project teams, preferably in scientific R&D.
• Experience with Agile software teams and understanding large software systems.
• Experience applying core systems engineering practices to software systems: requirements capture & traceability, interface definition, verification & validation.
• Experience across a project lifecycle from design to operations.
• MBSE or software modeling familiarity (SysML/UML) is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including working with geographically distributed teams.
• Proactive and independent work ethic.

Responsabilidades

• Lead systems engineering for the CSS, adapting systems engineering to fit Agile software development.
• Maintain requirements traceability between CSS software and ngVLA project-level requirements.
• Develop and maintain CSS software requirements and interface definitions (APIs, data models, ICDs).
• Collaborate with projects and hardware teams on verification and validation plans for external interfaces.
• Support verification using automated testing, CI, and incremental delivery.
• Use MBSE and software modeling to document workflows and interface specs.
• Prepare for CSS design reviews and related documentation.
• Handle configuration, change, and document management with version control and issue tracking.

Conhecimentos

Systems engineering

Agile software

Requirements traceability

Interface definition

Verification & validation

Software lifecycle

MBSE

Communication

Independent work

Distributed teams

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Ferramentas

SysML

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) seeks a software-oriented systems engineer to apply systems engineering discipline to the CSS for ngVLA.

Located at the NRAO facility in Charlottesville, VA, the role partners with software developers, system architects, and SMEs to capture evolving software requirements, architectures, interfaces, and designs that trace to project requirements and meet quality standards.