Systems Engineer

Actalent - Oklahoma City, OK

Full-time - Mid Level

Oklahoma City, OK

10,001+ employees

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Systems Engineer role at Actalent focuses on providing support for unmanned, manned, and optionally piloted aircraft platforms as well as unmanned ground vehicles. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing requirements, creating system design documentation, maintaining analytical models, and conducting tests to validate requirements throughout all phases of the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Analyze customer and stakeholder requirements, decompose requirements, derive requirements, and allocate requirements to system and subsystem elements.
• Develop system architecture for new and existing systems.
• Conduct trade studies and perform design research to determine optimal requirements and system architecture.
• Develop test plans, test cases, and reports based on requirements documentation.
• Develop system and subsystem interface definitions, system schematics, and system design documentation.
• Lead and conduct testing as applicable.
• Work in adherence to structured and defined development processes.
• Collaborate with the Software Engineering Team to develop software system requirements and test requirements.
• Participate in planning, design, testing, and deployment of moderately complex engineered systems and software to ensure conformance with functional specifications and customer requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in aerospace, electrical, or mechanical engineering.
• 5 - 7 years of industry experience.
• Experience developing system requirements and architecture in conjunction with the engineering team.
• Self-directed with sharp analytical abilities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Capable of working effectively in a dynamic environment.
• Technical leadership capabilities.
• Results-oriented with a sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Experience working within the Defense and/or Aerospace industry.
• Experience in aircraft is a must; experience in unmanned aircraft is a plus.
• A U.S. DoD Secret Clearance or higher (or the ability to obtain such a clearance if needed).

Nice-to-haves

• Exposure to schematics and Cameo.
• Experience with operational test execution.
• Experience with tools such as DOORS, Altassian, and requirements management tools.
• Experience with UAVs and unmanned aerial vehicles.
• Experience in electrical and mechanical engineering.
• Experience working in a hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop environment.