Systems Engineering & Process Scientist for GNSS Projects

University of Texas; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 104,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid medical coverage

Paid vacation and holidays

Retirement contributions

Job summary

The Space and Geophysics Laboratory at the University of Texas seeks a Systems Engineer with a process and methodology focus to support GNSS projects for government sponsors. You will guide requirements, translate into designs, and lead cross‑team work across the lifecycle.

This exempt, 40‑hour week role at the Pickle Research Campus involves mentoring junior staff, delivering documentation, and collaborating with stakeholders on scope, estimates, and schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, applied science, or engineering.
• Three years of relevant professional work experience developing systems requirements and designs.
• Experience designing, developing, evaluating, and supporting large and complex systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to convey technical detail to diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a strong team orientation.
• US Citizen: Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information

Responsibilities

• Elicit systems scope and requirements from stakeholders for designs.
• Develop, document, and refine systems engineering processes, including requirements management, traceability, and decomposition.
• Lead backlog management and decompose projects into components and actionable units within Agile.
• Communicate work process, products, and results, including documentation, written reports, and briefs to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with stakeholders throughout the life-cycle of systems definition, design, implementation, integration, and deployment.
• Perform engineering estimates, guide project schedules, and identify dependencies.
• Conduct engineering evaluations such as trade studies, reliability analysis, functional analysis, risk analysis assessments.
• Mentor junior engineering staff, technicians, and students

Skills

Communication skills

Team orientation

Independent work

Agile processes

Backlog management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science/engineering

Post-graduate degree in systems engineering

Tools

Jira

MBSE tools

Structurizr

INCOSE practices

Job description

The Space and Geophysics Laboratory at the University of Texas seeks a Systems Engineer with a process and methodology focus to support GNSS projects for government sponsors. You will guide requirements, translate into designs, and lead cross‑team work across the lifecycle.

This exempt, 40‑hour week role at the Pickle Research Campus involves mentoring junior staff, delivering documentation, and collaborating with stakeholders on scope, estimates, and schedules.