Senior Systems Engineer Hypersonic Weapons
Senior Systems Engineer Hypersonic Weapons
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Overview:
Draper is an independent nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge MA. The 2000 employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the crossfertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper visit www.draper.
Job Description Summary:
The Weapon Concepts and Architecture group at Draper is seeking a Senior System Engineer to work within multidisciplinary teams to architect nextgeneration hypersonic weapon system solutions for the war fighter. This role will be of high interest to applicants that desire to participate in the conceptualization and development of new US military capabilities in strategic mission domains as well as the enabling guidance navigation and control (GNC) subsystem technology.Job Description:
Duties/Responsibilities
Independently execute system engineering lifecycle assignments.
Adapt appropriately to changes in program priorities and requirements.
Adheres to existing best practices and Quality Management System processes.
Continues to expand their depth/knowledge in their technical discipline through formal and informal learning.
Work within multidisciplinary teams and independently execute assignments
Drive solutions to complex problems with limited direction
Lead small teams (few than five people) and align team towards program goals.
Provides insight and suggests design modifications based on analysis outcomes and to apply analysis techniques across a range of technical challenges
Identify program/systemlevel technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
Actively mentor less experienced engineers and provide thoughtful constructive feedback
Performs other duties as assigned.
Skills/Abilities
Highlyorganized capable of approaching problems with a systemlevel perspective.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Practical experience with simulationbased performance analysis.
Practical experience with the systems engineering process.
Roles may require proficiency with modeling and simulation computer language coding descriptive modeling (e.g. SysML) STPA and/or other engineering analysis tools
Knowledge of GN&C avionics architectures fault tolerance cyber/security comms/encryption threat modeling or other technologies may be required as defined in the summary.
Education
Bachelors degree in engineering physics mathematics or related field. Masters degree or higher preferred.
Experience
510 years experience as systems engineer or related role.
Additional Job Description:
Duties and responsibilities may include:
- Identification of customer mission needs and development of use cases;
- Requirements development;
- Modelbased analysis of alternatives for GNC design concepts;
- Modeling of system dynamics and guidance navigation and control (GNC) loop;
- System performance simulation and analysis;
- Presentation of analysis results to both internal and external stakeholders;
- Development of systems engineering design and analysis artifacts/documentation;
- Technology roadmap development;
- Proposal development and briefing of senior leadership;
- Task planning and leadership.
A successful candidate will be highly motivated to: (a) support the delivery of technology solutions that are of strategic importance to the nation in the context of evolving threats from peer and nearpeer competitors and (b) build deeper expertise in both the core mission domain and underlying GNC/avionics technology. Working in a dynamic team environment developing stateoftheart weapon/GN&C systems will provide exposure to a wide range of advanced technologies as well as afford opportunities for increased leadership/impact on the development of new warfighter capability.
Applicants selected for this position may be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
