NAVAIR Systems Engineer, Senior

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

As our next Systems engineer, SR supporting NAVAIR, you'll collaborate with talented professionals to create innovative, mission-critical solutions that empower naval aviation and defense operations. Your expertise will help shape cutting-edge systems, enhance national security, and drive technological advancement for our nation.

• Perform Software Systems Engineering for the acquisition, development and sustainment of various programs supporting aircraft and weapons systems. 

• Perform the following activities as part of software development: system resource evaluation; software requirements evaluation; design evaluation; software definition, code and unit test; integration test; software delivery and independent test; software quality assurance; and software configuration monitoring. 

• Conduct reviews of Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) products. 

• Participate in System Engineering Technical Reviews (SRRs, SSRs, PDRs, CDRs, TRRs, etc.) evaluating supporting work products to Government standards. 

• Participate in all software life-cycle reviews from requirements analysis, preliminary design, detailed design, integration, and test. 

• Review and comment on proposed system requirements, based on Government provided information.  Verify the system requirements meet the stated program objectives. 

• Support program reviews and periodic program status meetings. 

• Support the Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) process. 

• Support Statement of Work and CDRL development. 

• Support technical evaluations of Contractor proposals. 

• Make recommendations regarding human systems engineering.  Experience with DOD-STD-2167A/MIL-STD-498/IEEE 12207 is preferred.  

• Current DoD Secret clearance is required. Ability to obtain Top Secret, must be a U.S. Citizen.
• MH-60R/S experience is required
• BS or BA degree in a Technical Discipline. 
• At least five (5) years of experience in Software/Systems Engineering supporting DoD aircraft systems, DoD weapons systems, DoD mission systems or DoD support systems, consisting of the design, development, integration and system testing of computer hardware and software.
• Experience with Systems Software, Systems-of-Systems engineering, model-based systems engineering, or systems safety & reliability is desired.  
• Experience in military aircraft avionic systems and software is desired.
• The successful candidate should possess strong communication, (written/oral), and presentation skills as well as strong critical thinking and reasoning skills.