Senior Test and Support Equipment Systems Engineer

Overview:

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ 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 cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

Job Description Summary:

The Guidance Test and Support Equipment (T&SE) Organization develops and provides lifecycle support of specialized equipment including product acceptance test stations, field and fleet test and support equipment serving the third levels, Enhanced Ground Test (EGT), shipboard, and multiple ancillary equipment that support and supplement the factory and fleet operations.

The Systems Engineer will be responsible for the definition, analysis, and verification of a system and subsystem requirements to shape the development of T&SE for the next generation guidance system as well as supporting existing deployed T&SE for maintenance and upgrades.

Responsibilities include the elucidation of mission needs, definition of use cases/CONOPS, functional system modeling, requirement tree development and flow-down, analysis-based requirement trades/balancing, performance trades/analysis, requirements verification, test strategy development, test design, and requirements management through product life-cycle.

Job Description:

• Assists in strategic technical planning, project management, performance engineering, risk management and interface design.

• Conducts requirements engineering, scheduling, reliability, development, and evaluation, maintainability and analysis.

• Supports the analyses and allocation of requirements.

• Assists in the capture and translation of mission and customer requirements/needs into systems/capability requirements and solutions.

• Lead assessment effort in conducting both formal and informal evaluations and analysis.

• Analyze assessment results and make improvement/change recommendations.

• Provide insight and suggest design modifications based on analysis outcomes, and to apply analysis techniques across a range of technical challenges.

Skills/Abilities

• Highly-organized, capable of approaching problems with a system-level perspective

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Practical experience with the systems engineering process

• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and/or digital engineering (DE) tools/methods

• Roles may require proficiency with modeling/simulation, SysML, DOORs, and/or other engineering analysis tools

Additional Duties:

Ability to participate in travel to off-site locations will be required, up to 25-30%, less than one week in duration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong experience working with requirements development/management tools such as DOORS, SysML, MagicDraw, and Cameo

• Experience supporting fleet deployed systems

• Guidance, Navigation and Control experience

Education
Requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or related field.

Experience
Requires 5-7 years in Systems Engineering or relevant role.

Additional Job Description:

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance.

The Odon, Indiana facility is located in the Westgate@Crane Technology Park adjacent to Crane NSWC. This technology hub focuses on the development and production of critical microelectronics components. The office is a short commute from Bloomington, IN, a vibrant community with excellent schools, parks, restaurants, and outdoor activities.

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Job Location - City:

Odon

Job Location - State:

Indiana

Job Location - Postal Code:

47562