Senior Systems Engineer - Unmanned Surface Vessels

Textron; Cockeysville (MD); On-site; USD 111,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Education assistance

Career development

Wellness program

Medical benefits

401(k) with company funding

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Textron Systems is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to oversee unmanned surface vessel development and contract programs. You will drive full lifecycle engineering, systems architectures, and risk management while coordinating with program managers and external customers.

The role requires strong leadership, a background in SYSML and MBSE, and the ability to mentor junior engineers. Travel up to 15% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 5+ years of related experience or master’s degree with 3+ years or Ph.D. with up to 2 years related experience.
• Proven ability to build relationships with customers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience leading a team through the engineering lifecycle.
• Effective writing and presentation skills.
• Active Secret Clearance preferred; Secret eligibility required.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-life cycle engineering design and development activities for the CUSV platform.
• Lead and/or perform requirements analysis, systems modeling (SYSML), trade studies, requirements derivation, design review support, integration planning, test, verification, risk management, and engineering analysis.
• Develop systems architectures and concepts of operations.
• Use technical acumen and problem-solving skills toward the execution of systems engineering tasks.
• Prepare and present systems engineering work products to internal review teams and external customers at program IPT meetings and milestone reviews.
• Generate solid systems engineering task Basis of Estimates and manage Earned Value for systems engineering design/development cost accounts as Cost Account Manager.
• Generate subcontract statements of work and manage outside subcontractor performance.
• Provide tasking to junior systems engineering team on your program and mentorship to support task completion.
• Joint management of the CUSV JIRA PCR database and adjudication/resolution.
• Lead and/or perform systems engineering content for ECPs and R Deviations.
• Interact daily with program managers, planners, engineers, and technicians.
• Drive tasks to completion independently.
• Travel in support of project execution and testing as required, up to 15%.

Skills

Requirements analysis

SYSML modeling

Systems engineering

DoD knowledge

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s in engineering

Master’s in engineering

Ph.D. in Engineering

Tools

DOORS

MagicDraw

JIRA

EMatrix

Job description

Textron Systems is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to oversee unmanned surface vessel development and contract programs. You will drive full lifecycle engineering, systems architectures, and risk management while coordinating with program managers and external customers.

The role requires strong leadership, a background in SYSML and MBSE, and the ability to mentor junior engineers. Travel up to 15% may be required.