Systems Engineer

Job Description

Ready for What's Next? At Kratos, we encourage an entrepreneurial spirit balanced with discipline. We work hard, and take care of our customers, employees, and families. Recognized as thought leaders in our industry, we are motivated by creating and delivering innovative solutions to our nation and global customers. Kratos has new opportunities for Systems Engineers. The Systems Engineer 2/3 role leverages expertise in Systems Engineering principles to define, analyze, and manage the complexities of systems, ensuring solutions satisfy cost, schedule, and technical requirements.

• Conducts requirements analysis to elicit, document, and manage the functional and non-functional requirements of systems
• Researches and defines integration strategies for design
• Develops and maintains the system architecture, providing a blueprint for the components and their interactions
• Applies system modeling techniques to visualize and analyze the structure and behavior of the simulation
• Performs functional analysis to decompose high-level requirements into detailed functions and allocate them to system elements
• Identifies and assesses potential risks associated with development, and integration, and proposes mitigation strategies.
• Defines the system and its integration, including interfaces with control systems models or data
• Participates in test planning, defining the strategy and scope for verifying and validating the integrated simulation system against requirements
• Creates and communicates system architectures, integration plans, and interface definitions for various designs and related systems
• Identifies integration requirements, data exchange needs, and works with discipline engineers to define compatible solutions
• Serves as a technical lead to ensure coordination of systems and may provide guidance to other technical team members
• Liaison with process engineers, discipline engineers, and software developers to resolve questions with interpretation or execution of the design throughout its lifecycle
• Monitors the development and integration progress against the system architecture to identify inconsistencies and coordinates with the team to create effective solutions
• Participates in the identification of root causes of system-level issues and develops effective corrective actions
• Interacts with leadership, verbally and through presentations, on the system's architecture, integration, and progress

Experience and Skills

• Understands relevant industry standards and best practices in relation to system design, integration, and verification
• Interprets and defines system architectures, interface control documents, requirements specifications, and system models
• Proficiency with requirements analysis principles, methodologies, and management tools
• Experienced with system architecture development, documentation, and model-based systems engineering / Model Based Engineering or Design (MBSE/MBD)
• Experienced with risk management processes
• Understands control systems principles.
• Strong computer skills and experience with standard office software.
• BS degree in Engineering (e.g., Systems, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical) or a relevant technical field (significant work experience in systems engineering may be substituted for education).
• Minimum 7 years of experience in a combination of systems engineering and a related technical domain (e.g., simulation, process control, or the energy industry).
• To work at this facility, you must be a US person

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with naval or industrial power plants
• Proficiency with Jama requirements management software
• Experience with any combination of: Building Information Models (BIM), AutoDesk Revit, Deltek CostPoint, SolidWorks and SolidWorks PDM, TipQA
• Knowledge and/or experience with relevant quality management systems (e.g., ISO 9001)
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python) for data analysis or automation
• Experience in test planning and execution for complex systems

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Competitvie Salary Based on Experience and Education

Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offerings-from commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And, we always deliver.

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Job Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Coverage
• Life/ADD & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Paid Time-Off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Education Reimbursement

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