Senior Systems Engineer for GNC Requirements and Interfaces

Overview:

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

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Duties/Responsibilities
* Coordinate, schedule and participate in the requirements assessments.
* Assists in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.
* Conducts requirements engineering, scheduling, reliability, development, and evaluation, maintainability and analysis for training.
* Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements.
* Assists in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.
* Lead assessment effort in conducting both formal and informal evaluations and analysis.
* Analyze assessment results and make improvement/change recommendations.
* Ensure assessment results and recommendations can be incorporated into the requirements documentation.
* Drive solutions to complex problems with limited direction - contribute to task planning and test development, propose ways forward, and adapt appropriately to changes in program requirements
* Lead small teams. Seeks to align team towards program goals and builds trust within the team.
* Provide insight and suggest design modifications based on analysis outcomes, and to apply analysis techniques across a range of technical challenges.
* Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
* Actively mentor less experienced engineers and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback.

Skills/Abilities
* Highly-organized, capable of approaching problems with a system-level perspective
* Strong oral and written communication skills
* Practical experience with the systems engineering process
* Familiarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and/or digital engineering (DE) tools/methods
* Roles may require proficiency with modeling/simulation, computer coding languages, SysML, STPA, DOORs, and/or other engineering analysis tools
* Knowledge of GN&C, avionics architectures, fault tolerance, cyber/security, comms/encryption, or other technologies may be required as defined in the summary.

Education
Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, or related field. Masters degree preferred.

Experience
5-10 years experience in systems engineering with emphasis in requirements engineering.

Additional Job Description:

• Elicit stakeholder needs, define concept of operations, and identify the system context to bound the problem space
• Work with subject-matter experts across engineering teams to define requirements and interface specifications
• Define expectations for verification and validation of requirements and interface specifications
• Analyze requirements and interfaces to define architectures and system designs
• Maintain traceability with higher- and lower-level specifications as well as system architecture and design work products
• Lead a culture of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) on Draper programs by establishing best practices and standards
• Lead a team developing and managing one or more requirements and interface specifications
• Present details of requirements and interfaces to both internal and external stakeholders

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

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