Systems Engineer III

Contingent upon contract award

Who We Are: 

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness. 

• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness. 

• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed. 

What We Have to Offer: 

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance 

• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe 

• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions 

• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun! 

Summary  

The Systems Engineer leads the requirements analysis, tracking and verification for hardware development programs. This position pertains primarily to the requirements definition and verification/validation segment of military simulator design/development and is largely project-oriented. Design organization, management, and testing are within the duties to achieve program completion. This position also includes program systems engineering team leadership responsibilities and supporting development of enterprise-wide processes, standards, and methods.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• Lead, plan and direct system engineering development tasks that includes system requirements and gap analysis, system design, system integration support, test procedure development, and requirement verification and validation  

• Work with the customer and subcontractors to ensure common understanding of system requirements and design  

• Provide input in developing new solutions, processes, or standards within area of responsibility including system architectures  

• Manage System Engineering resource planning and scheduling related to program  

• Supervise, train, and provide technical advice to program technical staff  

• Determine program system risk and opportunities profile, and assist with mitigation and capture plans  

• Independently develop program activity plan and coordinate requirements compliance for the project  

• Coordinate with all engineering functions to ensure common understanding of system requirements and design  

• Coordinate with external partners and subcontractors / vendors to develop/define system requirements and technical capabilities  

• Perform system requirements analysis using DOORS or DOORS Next Generation and other system engineering tools  

• Create and update essential engineering documents including specifications, reports, plans, technical memos, program CDRLs, and presentations  

• Provide program proposal development support  

Qualifications and Education Requirements  

•  Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Engineering, Math or other STEM field with a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree in a Math, Science, Engineering or other STEM-related field with a minimum of 8 years of prior Defense contractor related experience  

• Prefer 8 years of experience with system concept definition, requirement analysis, design, development, implementation, and verification  

• Prefer 8 years of Systems Engineering experience with the government program acquisition lifecycle, to include all phases of system engineering  

• Prefer 3 years of experience with the development of proposals, including ability to identify, accurately scope and estimate new efforts as needed, development of technical volumes, basis of estimates, rationale, and other supporting documentation  

• Proven ability to develop innovative solutions both individually and as part of a team  

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate complex information to technical and non-technical audiences including peers, management and customers  

• Strong MS-Office toolset skills  

• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.  

*Candidates must be a US Citizen and not have been previously denied a security clearance    

Preferred Skills  

• Knowledge of military simulator/training devices, current systems engineering methods, practices, and technologies  

• Experience using DOORS (NG and/or classic) and JIRA  

• SysML and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), especially with 3DS Cameo tools  

• Experience developing standards and processes for Systems Engineering teams  

• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate with co-workers, company management & leadership, and customer representatives  

• Experience developing effective presentation materials and documentation for internal and customer-directed presentations  

• Experience leading systems engineering teams  

• Understanding and application of Earned Value Management (EVM)  

• Programming and/or database administration (MATLAB, C-family, LabVIEW, Python, Jira, SQL, etc.)  

• Hands-on testing and debugging systems in a lab/test facility environment  

• Computer Aided Design (especially Solidworks or CREO)  

• Model-based definition and GD&T  

• Windchill toolset experience  

Security Responsibilities  

Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures.  Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval.  All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.   

•  Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.  

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.  

Work Environment  

• Work is performed in an environment where irritants such as noise from telephones, temperature, and lighting variations may exist, but there is little chance of injury, accident, or occupational health problems.  

Physical Demands  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.   

• May be required to sit down for long lengths of time.  

• May be required to climb stairs.  

• Ability to travel (up to 10%).  

• Must be able to work overtime and on off-shifts as required.  

Other Duties  

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  

CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including disability and protected veteran status, as defined under federal, state, or local laws. 

Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process.  If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected]