Team Hornet Systems Engineer

DCS Corp; Ridgecrest (CA); Vor Ort; USD 70.000 - 91.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

DCS Corp in Ridgecrest, CA is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the F/A-18 A–D Hornet Team. Responsibilities include requirements development, subsystem integration, interface definition, test planning and execution, and technical documentation. Ideal candidate has a foundation in systems engineering, can break complex problems into manageable elements, and coordinate with engineers and leadership.

U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain Secret clearance required.

Qualifikationen

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline listed or related field with 1+ year relevant experience.
• Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Experience with requirements decomposition and traceability.
• Experience with system or subsystem architecture and design.
• Experience with test planning, procedures, execution, or results analysis.
• Experience with technical documentation and peer reviews.
• Ability to understand interactions among multiple hardware, software, and subsystem elements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to travel if required.

Aufgaben

• Decompose system-level requirements into clear, traceable requirements.
• Develop, review, and update systems-engineering documentation.
• Support requirement implementation and analysis, including data exchange between subsystems.
• Develop test and evaluation products with objectives, tests, procedures, expected results, and discrepancy documentation.
• Support execution of system, subsystem, integration, and regression tests and analyze results.
• Plan and coordinate integration across F/A-18 subsystems and related teams.
• Analyze technical issues and propose practical engineering solutions and corrective actions.
• Coordinate with project officers and technical team members to verify requirements.
• Prepare technical status updates, risk items, and briefing materials for teams and leadership.
• Participate in peer reviews of requirements, interfaces, tests, and architecture documents.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams internally and externally.
• Travel as required.

Kenntnisse

Requirements decomposition

Traceability

System architecture

Test planning & execution

Technical documentation

Peer reviews

Communication

Independent work

Travel readiness

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in related engineering field

Tools

Systems-modeling tools

Requirements-management tools

Configuration management tools

Discrepancy reporting tools

Jobbeschreibung

Salary Range: $70,310 - $90,500

We are seeking a Systems Engineer to support the F/A-18 A–D Hornet Team. The selected candidate will support requirements development, subsystem integration, interface definition, test planning and execution, technical documentation, and anomaly resolution activities across multiple aircraft systems.

The ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in systems engineering and be able to understand complex subsystem interactions, break technical problems into manageable elements, develop clear engineering products, and coordinate effectively with engineers, project officers, test personnel, and leadership. Candidates must be able to apply systems-engineering principles in a complex aircraft sustainment or modernization environment.

Essential Job Functions:

Decompose system-level requirements into clear, traceable functional, subsystem, interface, and verification requirements.

Develop, review, and update systems-engineering documentation.

Support requirement implementation and analysis, including understanding how aircraft subsystems exchange data, signals, and control information.

Develop test and evaluation products, including test objectives, test points, procedures, expected results, and discrepancy documentation.

Support execution of system, subsystem, integration, and regression testing; analyze results and document findings.

Assist with planning and coordinating integration activities across F/A-18 A–D subsystems and associated support organizations.

Analyze technical issues and anomalies; recommend practical engineering solutions and corrective actions.

Coordinate with project officers and technical team members to ensure requirements are implemented, traced, and adequately verified.

Prepare technical status updates, risk items, issue summaries, and briefing materials for project teams and leadership.

Participate in peer reviews of requirements, interface, test, architecture, and other engineering-baseline documentation.

Work effectively with multidisciplinary teams, both internal and external to the product team.

Required Qualifications:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline. At least 1 year of relevant engineering or systems-engineering experience supporting complex systems. Relevant experience may include aerospace, defense, avionics, embedded systems, software/hardware integration, test engineering, or similar technical environments.

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance throughout the duration of employment.

Demonstrated experience with:

Requirements decomposition and traceability.

System or subsystem architecture and design.

Test planning, test procedure development, test execution, or test-result analysis.

Technical documentation and engineering peer reviews.

Ability to understand interactions and dependencies among multiple hardware, software, and/or subsystem elements.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues to both technical and non-technical personnel.

Demonstrated attention to detail, professionalism, adaptability, and sound problem-solving ability.

Ability to work independently on assigned tasks while coordinating effectively with a broader technical team.

Ability to travel if required.

Desired Skills:

Experience supporting F/A-18 aircraft, military aviation, naval aviation, aircraft sustainment, avionics, mission systems, or other complex defense systems.

Experience working in a Department of War, Navy, NAVAIR, defense contractor, or engineering-change environment.

Familiarity with configuration management, discrepancy reporting, root-cause analysis, change requests, and engineering review boards.

Experience with requirements-management, configuration-management, or systems-modeling tools.

Experience supporting laboratory, ground, integration, developmental, operational, or flight-test activities.