Systems Engineer

About This RoleTo learn more about CAE Binghamton, our open positions and the Binghamton community, please visit our website at .Put your passion to work and propel yourself towards success.Welcome to CAE We are excited to become a part of your professional journey and to help you discover a career that aligns with your values, experience, expertise, and aspirations As a leader in the defense and security industry, CAE’s team is passionate about simulation and training and developing the most sophisticated solutions to help our defense and security customers prepare for mission success. With our people at the very heart of our organization, driving innovation and new technologies, we are committed to providing a work environment for employees in which they can thrive and one that values professional growth, teamwork, and engagement.Who We Are:CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare 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 balanceA work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safeFreedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisionsRecognition, professional development, advancement and having funEssential Duties and Responsibilities Are you ready for a rewarding opportunity? We are seeking an ambitious systems engineering professional to join our team. The successful candidate will have the ability to take ownership of hard problems and drive to a solution, while working in a team environment. This role is for a candidate who is self-motivated, exhibits a positive approach, has a strong work ethic and demonstrates strategic big picture thinking.Technical responsibilities include:Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to establish architecture content and develop solutions that achieve customer needs. Work in a team environment, throughout the lifecycle of the program, using either Waterfall or Agile methodologies.Conduct engineering system development tasks including system requirements analysis, system architecture and design, preliminary design, critical design, system integration support, test procedure development, formal verification, and formal validation.Interpret and analyze customer requirements and CONOPS, defining the system-level architecture, and allocating subsystem requirements.Perform system-level analyses, determine and undertake necessary trade studies, define and allocate the functional requirements to subsystem.Understand and implement systems engineering processes on programs and projects.Create and update essential engineering documents including specifications, reports, plans, technical memos, and presentations.Ensure all program requirements are met, program risks are identified and mitigated, and company processes are followed.Qualifications and Education Requirements BS in Electrical Engineering, or other technical field or equivalent education and work experienceMinimum of 10 years systems experienceExperience supporting military or defense programs.Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.Experience with the full Systems Development Life Cycle.Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues and predict potential programmatic and technical risks.Proven track record of building relationships, fostering collaboration and working cross-functionally with multidisciplinary teams.Experience with requirements derivation, capability development-analyze complex requirements and determine viable solutions.Demonstrated experience interpreting customer needs into achievable requirements or capabilities.Ability to decompose customer requirements into capabilities that can then be decomposed by the development teams.Must have an active DoD Secret or higher clearance that has been granted or renewed in the last 5 years.Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Program Access prior to the start of employment.Flexibility to support occasional overtime, weekend work, shift work and site travel (CONUS)Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role. Preferred Skills Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools including SysML, Rhapsody, Magic Draw and/or Cameo.Experience in Open Mission Systems/Universal Command and Control Interface (OMS/UCI).Familiarity with open system architectures (ex: ASPN, CMOSS, PNTOS, JADC2).Working knowledge of industry standards such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704, for airworthiness, ARINC and RTCA standards are preferred.Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) knowledge and experience.Experience using modeling resources Experience using Agile tool sets (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.)Experience using earned value management systems to manage a team's cost and schedule performance.Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, and CI/CD tools such as: Atlassian tool suite, GitHub, GitLab, AND/OR Jenkins.Demonstrated mentoring and coaching skills, and excellent 2-way communication skills (upward and downward).Time management and organizational skills to prioritize across concurrent program and functional responsibilities.Current Special Access Program (SAP) access.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.  Salary Range: $144,300 - 176,300The actual compensation rate is subject to the evaluation of the following factors (but not limited to): the candidate's work experience, qualifications, skills, internal equity, and market.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 Position TypeRegularCAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.Equal Opportunity Employer