Sr. Systems Engineer - GPS

CTSI; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in California is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support the development of a resilient GPS system. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and at least nine years of relevant experience. Responsibilities include providing technical support for systems integration, developing engineering models, and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and meet clearance requirements. Experience with military communication and DoD acquisition is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating system requirements and performance parameters.
• Strong interpersonal skills for diverse team interaction.
• Must work well in multi-team settings and take on additional tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and systems integration support.
• Contribute to integration and synchronization processes.
• Develop engineering and data models for integration analyses.
• Provide support for test activities characterizing system performance.
• Perform and present data analysis driving governmental decision-making.

Skills

System architecture development

Interpersonal skills

Multi-team collaboration

GPS related experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or equivalent technical discipline

Job description

Senior Systems Engineer

CTSi is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer with relevant system architecture development experience to join our team. You’ll be working across space, ground, and user segment organizations to coordinate and identify system requirements and key performance parameters to ensure end-to-end mission performance requirements are met. This individual will integrally work with the Space Force Space System Commands Military Communication and Positioning Navigation and Timing (PNT) (MilComm & PNT) portfolio to make sure next-gen GPS capabilities stay resilient against modern threats.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or equivalent technical discipline and nine (9) years of systems integration and systems engineering related or equivalent experience

Duties

• Provide technical expertise and systems integration support to ensure an optimal integrated GPS System design
• Contribute to the overarching approach and processes for integrating, synchronizing, tracking and analyzing dependencies across programmatic and organizational boundaries
• Develop engineering and data models and populate them with up-to-date information to enable automated integration analyses
• Provide technical support for test activities that characterize system performance
• Perform and present data analysis that drive decisions on government programs

Qualifications

• Experience working across space, ground, and user segment organizations to coordinate and identify system requirements and key performance parameters to ensure end-to-end mission performance requirements are met
• Experience with system architecture development
• Strong interpersonal skills to enable working, interfacing, and interrelating with diverse personnel and dynamic teams
• Must be able to work well in multi-team setting, and willing to take on additional technical and administrative tasks/duties as needed
• Space vehicle as well as other GPS related experience

Desired

(Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration):

• Active Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
• Space vehicle communication as well as other GPS related experience
• Experience and familiarity working with DoD acquisition organizations
• Experience and familiarity working with DoD acquisition organizations on an ACAT I / II program
• Experience working specifically on a SE&I contract
• Military experience

U.S. Citizenship is required for security clearance eligibility. Must have a Secret clearance.

Candidate selected will be subject to a government background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.