Senior Systems Engineer (TC2246)
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Job Location:
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position Title: Senior Systems Engineer
Location: Hybrid to Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Clearance Requirement: Current Secret clearance required; TS eligibility required
Employment Type: Full-time
Research Innovations Inc. (RII) is breaking through the big slow status quo with transformative technology that fundamentally changes and improves the world. We develop cutting-edge software for all levels of the government and military. Using agile development practices and user-centered design we create innovative software solutions for complex real-world problems.
In this role you will develop innovative concepts and solutions that drive the design of software systems aligned with customer and operational needs. You will collect analyze and synthesize mission user and system requirements from diverse stakeholders to shape a unified product strategy rooted in user-centered design and systems engineering best practices. Your work will include decomposing external data inputs into operational capabilities modeling key concepts and leading user engagement sessions to clarify prioritize and validate requirements. You will translate these insights into clear user stories system specifications and architecture documentation while collaborating with UI/UX teams and product owners on wireframes and prototypes. As a core contributor to continuous improvement efforts you will help refine systems engineering user experience and agile development processes across the program. You will also guide cross-functional teams in applying systems engineering practices partner closely with software engineers to ensure requirements are properly implemented and communicate system design and progress to customers through briefings demos and formal presentations.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
- Develop innovative concepts and solutions to design software systems that meet customer and operational user needs.
- Collect analyze and synthesize mission user and system requirements across multiple stakeholders to create a unified product strategy grounded in user-centered design and systems engineering best practices.
- Decompose external data inputs into operational capabilities and create data models representing key operational concepts.
- Lead user engagement sessions to design clarify prioritize and validate product requirements across varying levels of fidelity.
- Generate clear concise user stories with traceable acceptance criteria aligned to the product roadmap.
- Develop system specifications architecture documentation and design artifacts that effectively communicate the system approach.
- Collaborate closely with UI/UX teams and product owners on low- to high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes.
- Continuously improve systems engineering user experience and agile development processes across the program.
- Communicate and implement systems engineering practices across multidisciplinary project teams.
- Partner with software engineering teams to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are well-understood and met through the development lifecycle.
- Communicate system design requirements and progress to customers through briefings demos and formal presentations.
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
- 6 years of experience in Systems Engineering preferably within software-intensive environments.
- Performed requirements analysis for complex multi-stakeholder systems.
- Decomposed operational needs into high-level system requirements and further into implementable low-level specifications.
- Worked collaboratively with mission business and technical stakeholders to solve ambiguous or ill-defined problems.
- Engaged directly with end-users to elicit both specified and derived requirements using excellent communication and facilitation skills.
- Communicated complex operational/system concepts using models diagrams and visual aids that are easily understood by engineering teams.
- Delivered systems engineering contributions on DoD/IC programs.
- Integrated user-centered design principles into rapid agile software development workflows.
- Applied systems engineering best practices to software-intensive systems.
- Demonstrated exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work independently self-direct and deliver results.
EVEN BETTER
- Knowledge of U.S. Army Electronic Warfare (EW) systems.
- Experience developing and maintaining systems engineering processes at the project or organizational level.
- Prior leadership of systems engineering teams supporting complex software-intensive military systems.
- Experience with military mission command systems.
- Expertise documenting interoperability in a complex military system-of-systems environment.
- Experience with Atlassian tools (Confluence Jira).
- Experience using MagicDraw or Cameo for system modeling.
- Familiarity with UML or similar modeling languages.
- Background working within agile software development life cycles.
At RII we believe that diversity in our workforce is critical to our success. We strive to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds not just because its the right thing to do but because it makes us stronger. We work to help your intellectual passions and creativity thrive. Its one of our core values:Let your geek flag fly.
We also offer all employees comprehensive benefits including: flexible work schedules health insurance coverage paid time off 401k with a company match paid parental leave access to wellness programs and much more. You get this all from day one and all paid for by RII.
Its all part of another of our core values:Stay why our comfortable and colorful offices such as our headquarters include a community game room pantry massage chair and an escape room among other amenities. Its why we have a community manager and regular community events.
Research Innovations Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression national origin genetics disability status protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by state federal or local law.
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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
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Senior IC
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About Company
Research Innovations Inc (RII) co-creates RIIdiculously Awesome solutions that make the world safer. We support critical defense, intelligence, and cyber customers with transformative JADC2 technology solutions.
