Job Title
Systems Engineer - SONAR
Location
Newport, RI 02840 US (Primary)
Job Type / Status
Full-Time
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Clearance Level Required
Secret
Job Description
The successful candidate must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and should be comfortable working in a fast-paced, schedule driven environment.
- Conduct technical investigations, analyze system performance and develop solutions to complex engineering challenges for the development, testing and maintenance of the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 SONAR system.
- Assist government personnel with software installation, checkout events on board Fleet platforms and surface ship naval combatants.
- Research, troubleshoot and resolve critical issues preventing successful installations; perform root-cause analysis on tactical systems and application software to isolate faults, degraded performance, intermittent operational anomalies, and non-recurring failures.
- Facilitate testing events on board active platforms, including prepping tactical systems and providing operational briefings to Ship's Company.
- Author, refine, and maintain comprehensive test plans and procedures to execute Test & Evaluation for SONAR systems across diverse operational sites including shipyards, maritime test vessels, sea-trial platforms and trainer sites
- Develop specialized test plans and procedures to verify that cybersecurity vulnerability remediations across tactical SONAR baselines and lab infrastructure comply with government requirements without degrading real-time system performance.
- Manage version control and update essential baseline documentation, including Software Version Descriptions, Technical Insertions, and software baseline documentation.
- Monitor and investigate requests originating from Fleet sailors and Regional Maintenance Centers.
- Support ground-based laboratory testing facilities through routine system grooming, software updates, maintenance, and environment upkeep.
Job Requirements
- Must be eligible to obtain a SECRET security clearance.
- 6-10 years of verifiable experience with the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15.
- Ability to travel up to 30%.
- Strong problem-solving, organizational, interpersonal and analytical skills.
- Ability to work with little supervision within a larger team.
