Systems Engineering Lead

3 weeks ago

Herndon, United States Liquid Robotics, a Boeing Company Full time
Description

Systems Engineer

Overview

At Liquid Robotics, we make the most experienced ocean surface robot on the planet Our Wave Glider platform services a wide range of missions, whether it's acting in partnership with environmental institutes to monitor oil spills or supporting a nation's sovereignty by listening for submarines deep within the ocean, these rugged uncrewed surface vessels have been deployed in high sea states in the North Sea, hurricanes, or tropical storms, for more than 10 years.

Liquid Robotics is seeking a Systems Engineering Lead. This person will be responsible for systems engineering activities on various internal and customer projects at Liquid Robotics. Key activities will include preparing customer needs analyses and operational concept definitions, authoring trade studies, development and elaboration of requirements and interface specifications, as well as performing other systems engineering functions in a cross functional, highly engaged environment. This person may also direct the work of more junior systems engineers on project efforts.

The Sr. Systems Engineer will report directly to the Head of Engineering. This role will be located in our Herndon, VA headquarters.
Essential Responsibilities

Job duties will include applying an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify basic lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions and evaluating customer/operational needs to define system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces. Performs analyses to optimize total system of systems and/or system architecture. Performs analyses for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulatory, certification, product assurance and other specialties quality factors into a preferred configuration to ensure mission success. Support and help refine the planning, organization, implementation and monitoring of requirements management processes, tools, risk, issues, opportunity management and technology readiness assessment processes.
  1. Work with software, firmware, and hardware teams to define and develop internal and customer specific projects.
  2. Direct work of other, more junior systems engineers
  3. Perform needs analysis and requirements development
  4. Author and refine trade studies
  5. Evaluate and propose cost benefit tradeoffs
  6. Contribute to systems engineering effort planning estimates
  7. Develop and drive performance requirements and constraints as well as measures of effectiveness.
  8. Work with engineering team to resolve systems level issues
  9. Define system level interfaces
  10. Perform functional decomposition
  11. Create and execute tests to confirm proper execution of components (software, hardware, firmware)
  12. Develop risk analyses and mitigations
  13. Make recommendations for usability and product improvement
  14. Use MBSE tools to complete work per Liquid Robotics standards
  15. Work with stakeholders and senior engineers to refine technical approaches, target vs objective requirements and other items as needed
  16. Assist with preparation and release of production and customer documentation.
Key Performance Indicator's

Success in this role will be measured by:
  1. Analyzes and decomposes requirements successfully.
  2. Clearly articulates design alternatives and tradeoffs,
  3. Enforces system engineering discipline across all product teams,
  4. After 1-year, achieve measurable improvement in meeting schedule and quality targets.
Key Attributes

A successful candidate will embody the following functional and technical competencies:
  1. Communication
Using a variety of media, clearly conveys information and ideas to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
  1. Continuous Learning
Demonstrates an interest in personal learning and development. Seeks feedback from multiple sources about how to improve and develop; modifies behavior based on feedback or self-analysis of past mistakes. Takes steps to develop and maintain the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform.
  1. Customer Focus
Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions.
  1. Innovation/Creativity
Discovers new opportunities and solutions for problems by looking beyond current practices and using innovative thinking. Tries different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
  1. Quality
Provide products and services that meet the highest technical and quality standards, regulatory requirements, and company policies and processes and embrace first-time quality as a way of life - not accepting, creating or passing any defects and speaking up.
  1. Safety Awareness
Identifying and correcting conditions and behaviors that affect employee, public, and customer safety; upholding safety standards; demonstrating proactive safety culture leadership.
  1. Analytical Skills
Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources.
  1. Systems Thinking
Ability to understand the big picture and the inter-relationships of all positions and activities in the system, including the impact of changes in one area on another area. This includes the ability to see and understand the inter-relationships between components of systems and plans, anticipate future events, and apply the principles of systems thinking to accelerate performance.
Minimum Qualifications:
  1. BS in Systems Engineering or equivalent. Advanced degree preferred.
  2. Experience in a senior systems engineering role on at least one significant project.
  3. Five or more years of direct experience in systems engineering (internships included).
  4. Strong technical writing skills.
  5. Familiarity with formal systems engineering processes and methods.
  6. Experience with systems engineering frameworks such as DoDAF, UAF, NASA.
  7. Experience with MBSE tools such as Cameo, CORA, etc.
  8. Experience with formal systems engineering standards (INCOSE, IEEE, DoD, NASA, etc.).
  9. Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or maritime systems is a strong plus.


Liquid Robotics designs and manufactures Wave Gliders®, the world's first wave and solar powered autonomous ocean robots. With partners, they address challenges facing defense, Oil & Gas, commercial and science customers by making ocean data collections and communications easier safer and in real-time. Liquid Robotics was acquired by Boeing in December of 2016 and operates as an independent non-integrated subsidiary.

For more info, please visit www.liquid-robotics.com

Liquid Robotics is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

  • Lead Systems Engineer

    5 days ago

    Herndon, United States Twinn Intelligence Group Full time

    Lead Systems Engineer who serves as a POC to the Sponsor regarding the architecture to enable the functionality of the desired system. This includes applications, databases, and all cloud hosting environments. This individual shall be responsible to the Sponsor for functional analysis, timeline analysis, cost estimation, trade studies, requirements...

  • Systems Engineer

    4 days ago

    Herndon, Virginia, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Engineer

    4 weeks ago

    Herndon, Virginia, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Herndon, Virginia, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Engineer

    5 days ago

    Herndon, United States SRC Full time

    SRC, Inc. is actively searching for dynamic Lead Systems Engineers to champion and contribute to the complete life cycle of programs and cutting-edge internal research and development initiatives within our esteemed Research and Development Division. This exceptional opportunity offers flexibility, allowing you to be stationed in Syracuse, NY, Dayton, OH,...

  • Windows Systems Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Herndon, Virginia, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Reliability Engineer

    2 weeks ago

    Herndon, Virginia, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description Job DescriptionBAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of...

  • Systems Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Herndon, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Technical Lead

    6 days ago

    Herndon, United States ST Engineering iDirect Full time

    Overview: ST Engineering iDirect continues to fuel its engineering growth and seeks an innovative, creative software engineer who is ready for the challenges, responsibilities, and rewards that come with working in a high-energy, fast-paced environment. ST Engineering iDirect is dedicated to providing next-generation solutions for broadband IP networking via...

  • Systems Engineer

    1 week ago

    Herndon, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Engineer

    4 weeks ago

    Herndon, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description We are looking for experienced Systems Engineers to join our technology-based program supporting a key government customer. This program will deliver engineering services for network infrastructure as well as sophisticated enterprise computing infrastructure including end-point devices, data center hosted servers, multi-Cloud services as well...

  • Systems Engineer

    1 week ago

    Herndon, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Herndon, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Herndon, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Herndon, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Herndon, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Herndon, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Information Systems Security Engineer

    4 days ago

    Herndon, Virginia, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Herndon, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...

  • Systems Engineer

    3 weeks ago

    Herndon, United States BAE Systems Full time

    Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the...