Systems Engineer (Senior or Consultant) (Government Training)

at  ARGON ST

JOB DESCRIPTION

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The Vertical Lift/Rotorcraft Systems Engineering team in Government Training Engineering (GTE) is currently seeking Senior Systems Architect to join their team in Hazelwood, MO.
Candidates will belong to a systems engineering team interacting with customers, suppliers, program management, integration, and test engineers. The selected applicant will be a member of a geographically dispersed, high-performing, collaborative team, and must be self-motivated with a strong work ethic, excellent time-management, and interpersonal skills. This team operates in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to support all aspects of product development. The applicant will be expected to actively help the team to continuously improve and develop innovative and creative solutions to products and processes and to coach the team in systems engineering and integration best practices.
GTE is responsible for designing, developing, building, integrating, delivering and upgrading flight and maintenance training solutions for the warfighter. The simulators developed are not off the shelf video games but are high fidelity, tech heavy, fully immersive training machines that allow the warfighter to maintain their mission readiness in their pursuit to defend freedom around the world. GTE supports multiple aircraft and rotor-craft platforms, including the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, the P-8 Poseidon anti-surface/submarine warfare aircraft, the F-15, F-18, and F-22 tactical aircraft, the MQ-25 Stingray aerial refueling drone, the T-7 jet trainer, KC-46 Tanker aircraft and the C-17 Globemaster responsible for decades of military and humanitarian efforts.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science
• 9+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with MBSE modeling via Cameo/Rhapsody/MSOSA tool and MBSE deployment
• Experience with CONOPS development
• Experience in developing systems architecture roadmaps
• Experience in supporting systems engineering design reviews (SRR-CDR, SVR, TRR)
• Experience with performing systems engineering activities in full systems engineering lifecycle
• Experience in performing multiple tasks and in a team environment
• Intermediate competency level in Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• 14 or more year’s related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (Consultant)
• Basic or intermediate experience in operating system (Windows and/or Linux) installation, setup, and basic troubleshooting
• Basic or intermediate experience in software application installation and configuration
• Basic experience in configuration and maintenance of network switches and other appliances
• Experience with military assault, attack, or lift rotorcraft such as the AH-64, AH-6i, CH-47, UH-1, and UH-60.
• Experience in requirements elicitation, systems integration, or systems test
• Ability to interpret and utilize mechanical drawings and electrical schematics to validate installation of hardware and system interconnects
• Experience in supporting a product through an entire development cycle
• Experience with Design Synthesis and Validation
• Experience working within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or other Agile development environment
• Experience with Verification/Validation and Systems Integration
• Experience with the flight or mission critical systems and their capabilities typically found in military aviation - including propulsion, navigation, sensor, and weapon suites.
• Experience with military assault, attack, or lift rotorcraft such as the AH-64, AH-6i, CH-47, UH-1, and UH-60.
• Experience with US Navy Maritime Patrol Aviation assets (P-8A, P-3, HS-60, etc)

• Collaborate and contribute within an agile, cross-functional engineering team to develop and deliver quality products and value to our customer at critical, technical milestones
• Develop and maintain performance, specification, and compliance requirements
• Establish, maintain, and demonstrate traceability between the requirements, analysis, and design in digital systems models being developed by Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and practices
• Develop and maintain MBSE modeling and deploy MBSE
• Develop systems design description and systems architecture roadmap
• Perform analysis of alternatives/trade studies
• Perform iterative systems integration of hardware and software on development assets as part of a continuous integration and delivery pipeline
• Troubleshoot system-level issues on development assets
• Develop and document system standup and integration procedures
• Support iterative and formal testing events
• Contribute to defect management and resolution activities
• Support the systems integration plan and activities at customer sites
• Candidate expected to provide solutions to a variety of technical problems of moderate scope and complexity
• Candidate expected to work under general supervision and no instructions are required for routine work. Receives general directions for special assignments and work is reviewed for sound technical judgment and overall adequacy