Mid-Level Systems Engineer (IFPC Program)

About the role

Leidos Defense is seeking a Systems Engineer to join the IFPC Inc 2 systems engineering team, a ground-based, mobile system designed to combat cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft systems. The IFPC program protects and defends civilian and military infrastructure and bridges tactical short-range air defense and strategic systems. The engineer joins a matrixed organization of systems, model-based and specialty systems engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and manage the IFPC verification process and strategy, and stand up a verification review board.
• Own system-level DVOs and VCNs, and review and approve them at subsystem and below levels, including software.
• Present metrics and status to the SE lead and leadership weekly, and plan verification priorities and manage a verification burndown across multiple configurations.
• Ensure requirements are verifiable, manage linkages between verification artifacts and requirements, and define success criteria.
• Work toward addressing verification gaps and own the system-level VCRM.
• Mentor the team in writing good verification artifacts and manage artifacts across multiple configurations.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering or an equivalent ABET-accredited degree with 8+ years of experience, or an MS with 6+ years.
• Experience deriving requirements for complex electrical, electromechanical, mechanical and software systems.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams and communicate effectively within a team.
• Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.
• US citizenship with active secret clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one.
• Preferred: MS in System Engineering, experience leading a team of engineers, and accurate estimation of engineering effort.

Required skills

• Experience developing systems engineering artifacts such as requirements specifications, test procedures, test reports, CONOPS and MBSE content.
• Use of Cameo Systems Modeler and SysML for requirements, architecture (bdd / ibd) and behavioral (act / stm) content.
• Preferred: MagicDraw or other MBSE tools, DoD acquisition knowledge, experience supporting DoD programs, OCSMP or INCOSE SEP certification.