Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

Systems Engineer

Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-5 years of Systems Engineering experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Systems, Mechanical, Industrial, Software, or Electrical Engineering

Responsibilities

  • Conduct requirements analysis for functional and non-functional system requirements
  • Research and define integration strategies for design
  • Develop and maintain the system architecture blueprint
  • Apply system modeling techniques to visualize and analyze systems
  • Perform functional analysis to allocate detailed functions
  • Identify potential integration risks and propose mitigation strategies
  • Define interfaces with control systems and models during integration
  • Participate in test planning and verification against requirements

Benefits

  • Encouragement of entrepreneurial spirit balanced with discipline
  • Focus on employee care and work-life balance
  • Recognition as thought leaders in the industry
  • Opportunities for innovative solution development
  • Collaboration with a motivated team dedicated to customer and employee satisfaction
Full Job Description
The Systems Engineer role leverages expertise in Systems Engineering principles to define, analyze, and manage the complexities of systems, ensuring solutions satisfy cost, schedule, and technical requirements.
  • Conducts requirements analysis to elicit, document, and manage the functional and non-functional requirements of systems
  • Researches and defines integration strategies for design
  • Develops and maintains the system architecture, providing a blueprint for the components and their interactions
  • Applies system modeling techniques to visualize and analyze the structure and behavior of the simulation
  • Performs functional analysis to decompose high-level requirements into detailed functions and allocate them to system elements
  • Identifies and assesses potential risks associated with development, and integration, and proposes mitigation strategies.
  • Defines the system and its integration, including interfaces with control systems models or data
  • Participates in test planning, defining the strategy and scope for verifying and validating the integrated simulation system against requirements
  • Creates and communicates system architectures, integration plans, and interface definitions for various designs and related systems
  • Identifies integration requirements, data exchange needs, and works with discipline engineers to define compatible solutions
  • Serves as a technical lead to ensure coordination of systems and may provide guidance to other technical team members
  • Liaison with process engineers, discipline engineers, and software developers to resolve questions with interpretation or execution of the design throughout its lifecycle
  • Monitors the development and integration progress against the system architecture to identify inconsistencies and coordinates with the team to create effective solutions


  • 2-5 years experience in Systems Engineering
  • Degree in Systems, Mechanical, Industrial, Software or Electrical Engineering
  • Proven knowledge and experience with integrating simulation systems
  • Additionally, while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit or stand for extended periods in an office environment.
  • The employee frequently uses computer equipment, including keyboards and monitors, requiring fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
  • The employee may occasionally need to move between office areas and potentially to other locations within a facility.
  • The employee may occasionally be required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds for documents, equipment, etc.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision for computer work and document review, and the ability to adjust focus.

About Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. provides mission critical products, solutions, and services in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Kratos Government Solutions, Unmanned Systems, and Public Safety & Security. The Kratos Government Solutions segment offers microwave electronic products, satellite communications, training systems, modular systems, and defense and rocket support services. The Unmanned Systems segment provides unmanned aerial, ground, and seaborne, as well as command, control, and communications systems. The Public Safety & Security segment designs, engineers, deploys, operates, integrates, maintains, and operates security and surveillance solutions for homeland security, public safety, critical infrastructure, government, and commercial customers. The company serves national security related agencies, the department of defense, intelligence agencies, and classified agencies, as well as international government agencies and domestic and international commercial customers; and critical infrastructure, power generation, power transport, nuclear energy, financial, IT, healthcare, education, transportation, and petro-chemical industries, as well as government and military customers. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Learn more about Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Size
3,300 employees
Market Cap
$1.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$79.6 million
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+8.4%
Revenue
$747.6 million
NASDAQ

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