Mission Systems Engineer

Essnova Solutions, Inc.
Newport News, VA, United States
18 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Systems Engineering Computer Literacy Hardware Design Software Engineering Software Requirements Analysis Systems Architecture SC Clearance Modeling and Simulation

Job description

  • Develop technical reports, plans, procedures, studies, and white papers.
  • Perform engineering analyses related to component design, integration, and testing.
  • Apply engineering models to requirements definition, system architecture, software design, and hardware design.
  • Develop and execute material, subcomponent, full-system, and environmental test plans.
  • Develop modeling and simulation environments, architectures, and system-verification plans.
  • Define technical performance measures and perform post-test analysis.
  • Support simulations, human-in-the-loop evaluations, and field testing involving aircraft, avionics, mission computers, sensors, or weapons systems.
  • Monitor program execution, present technical results, and oversee less-senior personnel.

Requirements

  • ABET-accredited degree in Aerospace, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering.
  • Bachelor’s degree with at least eight years of aviation/R&D test and modeling-and-simulation experience; master’s degree with at least six years; or doctoral degree with at least six years of aviation/R&D test experience and three years of modeling-and-simulation experience.
  • Experience developing test plans, analyses, and technical reports.
  • Ability to present findings at technical interchange meetings and senior-level briefings.
  • Active Secret clearance; Interim Secret acceptable during onboarding.
  • Ability to work primarily onsite at Fort Eustis and travel up to 25%., * Army aviation mission-systems or R&D experimentation experience.
  • Systems architecture, requirements, verification, avionics, sensors, weapons, or mission-computer experience.
  • Human-in-the-loop or field-testing experience.

Proposal Requirement

Selected candidates must provide a qualification-traceable rsum and sign a Letter of Commitment confirming availability at the anticipated start of contract performance.

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