Systems Engineer III

Sierra Nevada Corporation - Southern Pines, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Southern Pines, NC

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

As a Systems Engineer at SNC, you will leverage your expertise to design, plan, and develop new system requirements, transforming product requirements into comprehensive systems solutions. This role involves creating complex system designs for TRAX software and customer integrations, ensuring hardware and software compatibility, and contributing to the Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area, which supports various defense and security operations worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Requirements Development for system development based on customer requirements or SRD
• Work closely with the Project Manager, Scrum Master, and Test team to track requirements through the program development cycles (Design, Develop, Test, Deployment)
• Assist with design documentation- ICD's, Architecture, User Manuals, etc.
• Develop and Participate in Engineering Development Gates: PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.
• Support corporate wide strategy, plans and documentation for all network & telecommunications systems
• Provide technical and process based support to NCS Trax Team Developers, Program Managers, and Field Service Representatives
• Maintain and enforce processes during development and documentation throughout the TRAX program
• Work with OEMs/Vendors to clarify technical RFI's relating to system characteristics and interfaces

Requirements

• Bachelor's of Science degree in System Engineering or related discipline
• Typically 6 or more years of relevant experience
• Practical knowledge of engineering principles and practices
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams
• Knowledge of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation; systems design, systems integration, technical risk identification and management strategies, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Requirements Management tools, MBSE is a plus
• Familiarity with integrating system of systems such as: Datalinks (Link 16, VMF, IBS, CMF, etc), Radios, RADAR, Weapons, Sensors, COMINT, SIGINT, ROIP/VOIP, MANET, or other similar systems
• Experience working with integrated Product Teams, IPTs, and Change control Boards
• Ability to temporarily flex work hours for demonstrations, test events, etc.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%
• Life insurance
• 3 weeks paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement