Staff Systems Engineer

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is a 100% employee-owned research and development, rapid prototyping, and product manufacturing firm.  We are seeking a Staff Systems Engineer at the Automation & Geosciences Sector of ARA. This position includes full lifecycle mechanical and systems engineering of unmanned systems, sensor systems, and geotechnical projects and products.

This job requires a candidate to lead system design activities such as developing and managing systems, hardware and software requirements, developing system architectures and designs, performing system level integration/test and assisting in validation.  The job requires excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to be a team player.

You will be part of a team that designs, prototypes, integrates and troubleshoots next generation technology, bringing state of the art solutions to our warfighters and our commercial customers.  ARA focuses on Passion, Service, Freedom and Growth.

ARA is looking for a Staff Systems Engineer to support the development of various project types. The qualified candidate will be working with a multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced development environment to integrate, deploy, and support complex systems.  

• What you’ll do as a Staff Systems Engineer
  • Tasks may include identifying, documenting, and tracking requirements; performing requirements analysis; task planning; performing software/system integration, verification, and validation testing. You will help navigate the design team through the design cycle and own overall technical risk for the product(s) you are working on. The position may require business travel up to 10% of the time to project locations in support of demonstrations, system testing and training events.
• Staff Systems Engineer Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering or related engineering discipline
  • 2-4 years related experience in engineering
  • US Citizenship and ability to be granted a security clearance by the Federal Government
  • Experience with creating and managing technical requirements
  • Experience assessing technical risk and implementing mitigation strategies
  • Experience generating customer facing documentation
  • Ability to analyze and identify customer needs
  • Ability to use statistical analysis methods and tools
  • Ability to work with customers in a test environment
  • Ability to develop improved methods to processes to increase program efficiency
  • Team player with a proactive attitude
  • Strong oral and written communications skills
• Staff Systems Engineer Preferences
  • Prior Systems Engineering work experience
  • Prior experience taking a product through the full design cycle
  • Knowledge of requirement management tools
  • Knowledge of configuration management tools
  • Experience creating standard work
  • Experience with reliability modeling & analysis
  • Experience completing system safety analysis

• Company & Division Information

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,000 employee-owners and continues to grow. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees contributions not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please apply at careers.ara.com.