Engineer V
General Atomics and Affiliated Companies
- San Diego, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Supports design and development of prototype systems through design, integration, and test.
- Using a SysML tool, like Cameo, to produce system models which includes developing the standard 9 diagrams of activity, block definition, internal block, package, parametric, requirement, sequence, state machine and use cases.
- Provides adaptable support to the systems engineering organization. Responsibilities may include direct program systems engineering support, proposal development, or support to internal development tasks.
- Perform analysis and decomposition of system, segment, subsystem, and assembly requirements.
- Lead development of system requirements, ICDs and test plans/procedures.
- Collaborate with all levels of program and engineering staff on design, integration and test matters and support other teams/disciplines as necessary.
- Support program design and readiness reviews.
- Supports operation of engineering systems and documents any problems.
- Opportunities will arise to support internal development and new business opportunities.
- Devises new approaches to resolve unusual or complex engineering problems.
- Troubleshoot conflicting design/development requirements, difficult coordination requirements, and special material requirements.
- Provides documentation and makes technical presentations as required.
- May represent the organization as the prime technical contact on small contracts or single component projects.
- Interface with customers during program shaping, ConOps development, and requirements derivation activities.
- Provides direction to design or technical staff and may lead a team of moderately experienced professional staff.
- Maintains the strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Responsible for observing all laws, regulations, and other applicable obligations wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company. Expected to work in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
- Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; nine or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, seven or more years of experience with a masters degree, or four or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
- Demonstrates an extensive technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice with the ability to organize, plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones with some experience in project leadership.
- Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment.
- Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required enabling an effective interface with other departments and/or professionals, and capable of representing the organization as a prime technical contact, as well as providing leadership and guidance to less experienced professionals.
- Customer focused, formulates plans based on the development of innovative new designs in resolving advanced technical engineering problems.
- Familiarity with digital engineering and toolsets including SysML-based enterprise and performance evaluation tools.
- Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment. Able to work extended hours as required.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance is required.
- Experience working with DOORS, Confluence, Teams and JIRA.
- Has past experience as an Integrated Product Team Lead.
- Collaboratively work with multi-disciplinary teams to develop deployment, block definition, internal block definition, activity, state & sequence diagrams, perform requirement capture and characterization, develop parametric analysis, and enable all SysML-based artifact development and use in a model-based systems engineering environment.
- Has laser, nuclear or satellite prototype development experience.
- Has hands on integration experience.
- Has experience developing test plans, procedures, and reports.
- A Professional Engineering License, original work(s) published in professional engineering journals, and invited to present one or more original works to an engineering symposium.
- Previous experience working with the Department Of Defense.