Systems Engineering – Engineer Level 2

RTI Consulting, LLC; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm seeks a highly skilled systems engineer at their Fort Meade location. The job requires a Bachelor’s degree in engineering and substantial experience in systems engineering, with a focus on high-level system design and operational requirements. Applicants must possess a current DoD Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI and Full Polygraph. Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or relevant technical field with 7 years of experience.
• Master’s degree with 5 years or Doctoral degree with 3 years of experience.
• Experience in engineering systems over their lifecycle is essential.

Responsibilities

• Define and document operational/system requirements.
• Perform high-level system design and specify performance requirements.
• Coordinate with customers and project teams for solution satisfaction.

Skills

Engineering systems lifecycle

High-level system design

Systems engineering

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree in relevant field

Doctoral degree in relevant field

Job description

Clearance Required: Current DoD Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI and Full Polygraph

Position Description

Perform systems /engineering functions at a high-level: including defining and documenting concept of operations, operational/system requirements, and use cases to support system development; performing high-level system design; specifying system/component performance and interface requirements; and developing installation, integration, and acceptance test plans. Continuously assess existing organizational processes and work products to ensure they best facilitate strategic and tactical efforts. Coordinate with customers, project teams, and related organizations to ensure solutions satisfy the requirements. Define and communicate a shared technical and architectural vision for the solutions developed by the product teams.

Required Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering plus 7 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree plus 5 years of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree plus 3 years of relevant experience.
  Degree must be in either Engineering or a relevant technical field (for example, computer science, mathematics, or physics).
• For all of the above degrees, if program is not Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc (ABET) accredited, it must include specified coursework
  • *Specified coursework includes courses in differential and integral calculus and 5 of the following 18 areas:
    • (a) statics or dynamics,
    • (b) strength of materials/stress‑strain relationships,
    • (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics,
    • (d) thermodynamics,
    • (e) electromagnetic fields,
    • (f) nature and properties of materials/relating particle and aggregate structure to properties,
    • (g) solid state electronics,
    • (h) microprocessor applications,
    • (i) computer systems,
    • (j) signal processing,
    • (k) digital design,
    • (l) systems and control theory,
    • (m) circuits or generalized circuits,
    • (n) communication systems,
    • (o) power systems,
    • (p) computer networks,
    • (q) software development,
    • (r) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, or soil mechanics.
• Relevant experience must be in engineering systems over their lifecycle (for example, conception, design & development, testing, production, distribution/deployment, operation, maintenance & support, decommissioning).

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