Job Title: Systems Engineer 2
Reporting to: Director of Systems and Electrical Engineering
Location: Groton, CT
Position Type: Full time
Position Summary: ThayerMahan is seeking a Systems Engineer 2 to join our team. In this role, you will help design, develop, test, troubleshoot, and manage a range of complex systems related to maritime domain awareness and acoustic intelligence collection.
Role and Responsibilities:
Design, Maintain, and Improve Systems
- Track system statuses over the full product lifecycle.
- Manage system upgrades, updates, and patching.
- Monitor system performance and reliability and troubleshoot complex issues.
- Actively participate in prototyping, troubleshooting, and testing, while providing hands-on support.
- Assist in the development of early-stage systems by helping establish design constraints/objectives, test events, and acceptance criteria.
Documentation
- Review Contracts & translate customer needs into engineering system requirements.
- Develop acceptance test procedures for internal verification & contractual requirements validation.
- Document systems, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
- Improve system organization, documentation, and revision control.
Cross Functional Collaboration
- Coordinate engineering teams during full system development, ensuring contractual requirements are met.
- Support and provide feedback on designs and documentation from other engineering teams.
- Act as the Test Director for engineering led system test and integration events.
- Plan and Organize system test events to meet multi-team engineering goals.
- Develop tools to aid and improve production and reproducibility of systems.
Strategic Long-Term Contributions
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.
- Evaluate new technologies and recommend system improvements.
Required:
- U.S. Citizenship (position entails access to Controlled Unclassed Information).
- Holds a security clearance or can obtain DoD security clearance.
- B.S., M.S., or M.ENG. in Systems Engineering or related field.
- 3+ years of professional Systems/Test/Reliability/Quality Engineering experience (or similar), preferably in robotics, ocean technology or ruggedized field systems.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work both within a team and across teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Comfortable with hands-on work, including prototyping & testing.
Preferred (but not required):
- Familiarity with designing, developing and validating for harsh, maritime environments.
- Familiarity with documentation & issue tracking in Gitlab.
- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering.
- Experience drafting test plans for engineering verification and validation.
- Experience drafting, using and/or reviewing engineering documentation (mechanical part/assembly drawings, electrical schematics, build guides, etc.).
What we Offer:
Competitive salary, comprehensive total rewards package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and a 401K with employer match), and other great benefits. Opportunity to continue to develop your career at a growing organization.
If you meet the requirements and are ready to make waves with us, apply now!
