SR SYSTEMS ENGINEERS with Security Clearance

ASD; Calabasas (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ASD is seeking a skilled Systems Engineer to lead requirements development, test case creation, and verification efforts for complex systems. You will serve as the technical lead to the Chief Engineer and customer, driving baseline management with IBM Rational DOORS and coordinating across multiple Agile teams.

Responsibilities include presenting capabilities to customers, generating comprehensive requirements sets, and guiding test directions to ensure data meets specifications.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success with technical baseline management and DOORS-based requirements writing.
• Experience in software requirements development, test case development and validation.
• Ability to present to internal and external stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead an Agile team to ensure designs meet system requirements.
• Work with customers to identify requirements and flow them into design documents.
• Present to customers on product capabilities and verification methods.
• Generate and manage multiple requirements sets including interfaces and data requirements.
• Provide test directions for production and debugging tests and ensure data conformance.
• Maintain awareness of contract milestones and deliverables.

Skills

Requirements development

Agile leadership

Test & verification

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

DoD clearance

Onsite work

Systems engineering

Education

Bachelor’s in STEM

Master’s in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

IBM DOORS

JIRA

ClearQuest / ClearCase

Cameo modeling

Job description

Seeking a skilled Systems Engineer with a strong understanding of requirements development, test case development, and verification and validation of those requirements. The ideal candidate should be proficient with requirements technical baseline management via IBM Rational DOORS, and act as the technical lead and point of contact to the Chief Engineer and customer. Key Responsibilities: Work with a broad customer base to identify unique requirements, flow the requirements into design documentation, and work with a diverse team to build and test those requirements.

Present to customers on the capabilities of current products, performance analyses, design information, and requirements verification methods.

Generate, review, and manage multiple requirements sets that cover all aspects of both performance and nonperformance including mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, data requirements, environmental requirements, and reliability.

Awareness and responsiveness to contract milestones and deliverables.

Lead an Agile team to ensure the designs are sufficient to meet the system requirements.

Work with various Agile teams to ensure all requirements are verified through inspection, analysis, demonstration, or test often by providing test and data reduction scripts.

Provide test directions to ensure production tests and troubleshooting tests are executed correctly and resulting data conforms to requirements.

Basic Qualifications - Principal System Engineer:

• Bachelor's of Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 5+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 3+ years of engineering experience OR PhD degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 1+ years of engineering experience
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS
• Demonstrated success with: o Technical baseline management o Writing and updating DOORS requirements o Decomposing and deriving requirements based on customer specifications
• Experience in System Engineering activities such as: o Software requirements development o Requirements development o Test Case development o Verification and Validation, i.e. experience running tests and documenting results
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including: o Demonstrated experience presenting to internal and external stakeholders o Demonstrated experience communicating technical information, e.g. requirements updates, test plans, integration test plans, etc…
• Demonstrated Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Active DoD Secret clearance required at the time of application
• Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA Basic Qualifications - Sr. Principal System Engineer:
• Bachelor's of Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 8+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 6+ years of engineering experience OR PhD degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 4+ years of engineering experience
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS
• Demonstrated success with: o Technical baseline management o Writing and updating DOORS requirements o Decomposing and deriving requirements based on customer specifications
• Experience in System Engineering activities such as: o Software requirements development o Requirements development o Test Case development o Verification and Validation, i.e. experience running tests and documenting results
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including: o Demonstrated experience presenting to internal and external stakeholders o Demonstrated experience communicating technical information, e.g. requirements updates, test plans, integration test plans, etc…
• Demonstrated Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Active DoD Secret clearance required at the time of application
• Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with the following interfaces: o MIL-STD-1553 o Experience with ARINC-429 o Experience with Ethernet
• Experience working in an Agile engineering team
• Experience with JIRA
• Systems Engineering experience on large, complex systems
• Lab and system integration experience
• Demonstrated experience with Model Based Systems Engineering and Cameo modeling (or equivalent)
• Experience with ClearQuest / ClearCase