Systems Engineer

DCS Corporation - Sterling Heights, MI

Full-time - Mid Level

Sterling Heights, MI

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

The Systems Engineer position at DCS Corporation involves working on next-generation combat vehicles for the U.S. Army. The role requires applying engineering skills in multi-disciplinary research projects, focusing on embedded systems development, robotics, and vehicle electronics. The engineer will engage directly with customers, manage relationships, and lead programs or sub-projects, ensuring the integration of complex engineering components across various disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Apply engineering skills in multi-disciplinary research projects for ground combat vehicles.
• Leverage knowledge in embedded systems development and integration, computer vision, machine learning, and autonomous navigation.
• Manage direct customer contact and relationship management.
• Lead programs or sub-projects and interact with clients to decompose platform requirements into manageable components.
• Develop and integrate vehicle system/subsystem architectures.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to the sensitivity of customer-related requirements.
• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in a related engineering or science discipline.
• 5 years of experience in relevant fields (10-15 years preferred).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret clearance.
• Experience with military systems and leadership responsibilities in large projects.
• Ability to work within a team environment to direct and contribute to Vehicle Network and Data Architecture.
• Experience with Deterministic and Non-Deterministic Data Bus Architectures.
• Experience in Model Based Systems Engineering such as SysML UML, DoDAF, UPDM.
• Experience in developing and integrating data networks across multiple layers of information security.
• Experience in subsystem and system level integration and testing on vehicle electronics systems.
• Excellent technical, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Process development and improvement management (CMMI).

Benefits

• Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer policies.