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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Systems Engineer - **Company:** Elbit America Inc. - **Location:** Roanoke, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Firmware, Imaging Technology, Requirements Management, Requirements Traceability, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Architecture, Systems Integration - **Published:** May 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7b91b21557e2abda ## About the Role Do you have experience in Stakeholder management?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree in engineering?, * Bachelor's of Science Degree in the Engineering field * Preferred - Masters, * Ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance * Minimum of 5+ years of systems engineering experience * Experience working within the aerospace or defense industry, and delivering solutions to the appropriate standards * Experience with customer discovery/stakeholder needs and requirements * Experience with requirements management, flows down, verification & validation during the product life cycle * Excellent communication skills with multi-disciplinary engineering team and government customers * Experience with technical partnership with multi-disciplinary design teams (such as electrical, mechanical, optical, image science, software, firmware, or test engineers) * Proficient in written (reports, proposals, white papers) and verbal skills (technical presentations) Preferred Attributes: * Technical skills, including Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) with Cameo * Experience with VIS-NIR cameras * Certified to INCOSE CSEP or ESEP * Experience with Electro-Optical imaging systems (cameras), system design, integration, and test * Experience delivering compliant Electro-Optical imaging systems to customer requirements ## Description The Senior Systems Engineer performs at an advanced level: requirements analysis and management, technical planning, systems level design, systems integration, verification and validation, cost and risk management, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for products in the warfighter systems portfolio. Analyses are performed during all phases of the product development process including concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, and maintenance. The Senior Systems Engineer will provide guidance to the team in the development of warfighter systems electro optical devices., * Guide multidisciplinary sensor development team * Guide development of project lifecycle plan and activities, including major milestones, reviews, and deliverables * Develop, design, allocate, and manage user and system-level requirements * Guide development of system architecture * Evaluate design tradeoffs and guide technical discussions with a multi-disciplinary engineering team * Define and assess interfaces with functional guides and outside organizations * Guide technical reviews throughout the project lifecycle * Provide oversight of verification and validation activities, including requirements traceability and compliance * Aid transition of product into manufacturing alongside operations and manufacturing engineering Business Relationships: (This position interfaces with) * Individual engineers and subsystem-level subject matter experts within and outside of the project team * Program Manager, This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not an employment contract. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. Elbit America is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. *** If you encounter issues with your application, please email technicalsupport@elbitsystems-us.com*** ## Related Videos - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [Robots are coming into the wild! 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