Vertex Inc

Sr. Systems Engineer II

Vertex Inc$110K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizen able to obtain Secret Clearance.
  • 8+ years related engineering experience in systems, software, or hardware.
  • Proven leadership in guiding cross-discipline teams.
  • Ownership of engineering scope and tasks.
  • Experienced in military avionics systems or similar complexities.
  • Familiar with system development across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Provide program support throughout the entire development life cycle.
  • Collaborate within a cross-functional Integrated Product Team (IPT).
  • Embrace modern development techniques to enhance product quality.
  • Assist in the development, integration, and test phases of projects.
  • Facilitate communication with stakeholders and team members.
  • Drive necessary tasks to ensure technical requirements are met.
  • Advocate for and implement robust engineering processes.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to impact national defense through engineering solutions.
  • Work with cutting-edge technologies and processes.
  • Cross-functional team environment encouraging collaboration
  • Potential to work on projects for both domestic and international clients.
  • Career development opportunities in advanced engineering roles.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

The Senior Systems Engineer provides program support throughout the development life cycle, from concept development, requirements definition, functional analysis, design review support, system implementation, integration, verification, and validation. The Senior Systems Engineer will work within a cross-functional Integrated Product Team (IPT), where effective communication and team building skills are critical to success.

The ideal candidate embraces modern development processes and techniques that improve product quality & team productivity. We are looking for engineers that enjoy a challenge and have a passion to support our DoD customers and international allies.

Qualifications

Required Skills:
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.
  • Minimum 8 years of related engineering experience in systems, software, or hardware engineering.
  • Experience providing leadership, technical direction, and guidance to multi-discipline teams.
  • Ability to take ownership of the engineering scope within the program and drive the necessary tasks to ultimately ensure the cross-function team meets the technical
    requirements.
  • Experience leading the development, integration and test of military avionics systems or similarly complex systems.
  • Experience leading requirements development, hardware and software integration, and requirements verification.
  • Experience with development, integration, and test of complex systems onto air, sea, and/or ground platforms.
  • Experience with test execution including test plan and procedure development.
  • Experience creating Trade Studies and analyzing technical data.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to effectively communicate to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong accountability with the ability to work autonomously to deliver high quality work products on-schedule.
  • In-depth understanding of the System Engineering Lifecycle and processes.
  • Must have a valid U.S. Passport.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Desired Skills:
  • Project management experience including cost, schedule, supplier management, risk, and opportunity assessment.
  • Experience implementing performance requirements (i.e. -ilities) such as Reliability, Testability, Maintainability, Producibility, and System/Software Safety.
  • Experience managing suppliers and overseeing the development of subsystems and components.
  • Knowledge and experience working with digital data standards such as: MIL-STD-1553, MIL-STD-1760, Universal Armament Interface (UAI), Radio Frequency (RF) communication, and ENET protocols.
  • Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods, tools, and languages.
  • Experience working with government customers including the US Army, US Navy, USMC, and/or USAF.
  • Current Active DoD Secret or higher Clearance.

Education / Certifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related STEM discipline.

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About Vertex Inc

Vertex Inc is a leading provider of tax technology and services, enabling companies of all sizes to realize the full strategic potential of the tax function by automating and integrating tax processes, while leveraging advanced and predictive analytics of tax data. Vertex provides cloud-based and on-premise solutions that can be tailored to specific industries for every major line of tax, including income, sales and consumer use, value added and payroll. Vertex also offers solutions for tax data management, compliance and reporting, tax research, and planning and analysis. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Learn more about Vertex Inc
Size
1,200 employees
Market Cap
$2.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$78.9 million
Founded
1978
Revenue
$374.6 million
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