Our client, a leading federal defense contractor has an immediate long-term contract position for a Senior Systems Engineer responsible for the requirements analysis, requirements definition, requirements management, functional analysis, performance analysis, system architecture and design, detail trade studies, systems integration, and test (verification), validation and interface definition studies of system, subsystem or system elements with little or no supervision.

The initial contract is for 3-6 months with the intent to convert to a full-time employee. The selected engineer will be required to work onsite M-F in the Canonsburg, PA office.

Responsibilities:
- Establishment and presentation of test strategies, plans, and results to internal and external customers
- Support the set-up, configuration, and documentation of hardware and software systems under test, including loading software onto multiple devices.
- Support design, development, and implementation of cost-effective procedures for testing and troubleshooting of components, sub-assemblies, assemblies, and systems.
- Support development of test plans, test procedures, requirements traceability, test reports, test flow, and test case design and implementation
- Document testing issues and failures and perform analysis of test results.
- Support formal systems acceptance testing activities.
- Support failure investigation activities and failure review board (FRB) meetings.

Required Skills

- Must be US Citizen due to government requirement
- Must be able to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance within 60-days (active Secret clearance is preferred at time of hire)
- Requires a Bachelor-s degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field. Also requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience.
- Must have past systems engineering or test engineering background, as well as experience with leadership and management of project execution.
- Demonstrate strong strategic and architectural vision.
- Demonstrated skill driving the system-level requirements down to the design and test levels.
- Demonstrate leadership skills on complex programs with multi-disciplinary engineering teams, push technological boundaries, lead complex projects, and mentor teams.
- Demonstrate technical excellence in systems engineering. You will be viewed as a technical lead with wide experience of a broad range of relevant development technologies, and proven ability to responsibly assess the cost, schedule, and risk in your planning.
- Demonstrated use and understanding of systems engineering strategies, principles, and measures.

We encourage you to apply if you have these skills or experiences:

- Design and development of underwater vehicles
- System performance, requirements, and change management
- Complex HW, FPGA, Embedded SW, and vehicle design and qualification
- DoD, Cyber and Environmental qualification
- Torpedo Guidance and Control systems