Satellite System Engineer Jobs

Your Title: GPS Systems Engineer

Our Location: Sunnyvale, CA--on site

Contract: 7 months, intend for Contract to Hire

What You Will Do

The GPS Systems Engineer is responsible for the product and interface specifications, and the correct implementation of the system requirements by the receiver hardware, software, and mechanical subsystems. This individual will be a Subject Matter Expert working closely with customers to support their integration and use of the receivers, to generate supporting data for proposals, and to align the product specification with the customer and program requirements.

Primary Responsibilities:

• The GPS Systems Engineer will work with internal teams to ensure the accuracy of the product specification, manage the allocation of hardware, software, performance, and environmental requirements, and ensure the verification strategy and the engineering deliverables meet the requirements.
• Working with the certification, CM, and QA leads, this candidate will also ensure that the deliverable system meets the design assurance and certification standards and that the implementation follows the product development process.

Qualifications:

• Project and schedule management
• Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance is required. Applicants must clearly indicate any previous DoD security clearance activity.**
• Expertise with embedded system engineering
• Demonstrated excellence in customer interactions to establish confidence and rapport, clarify and align requirements expectations, prepare and present design review material, and support customer integrations.
• Due to DoD Security Clearance requirement, US citizenship is also required**
• BS (MS preferred) in EE, CS, or equivalent
• Must demonstrate strong communication, organization, planning, and documentation skills
• System verification and qualification
• 7+ years experience in systems engineering following certification strategies:
• Requirements management, decomposition, flow down, and tracing
• Demonstrated CM and QA discipline managing requirements-based development processes leading to product certification.
• System spec and ICD management
• System-level perspective with command of hardware, software, and system design and development processes
• Collaborative, team-oriented contributor with demonstrated ability to think outside the box to achieve goals and deliver results efficiently

Education:

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent