Platform Systems Engineer, Associate Principal
Summary
Engineers and maintains complex federal systems using Model Based Systems Engineering, translating requirements into system designs with Cameo, and supporting lifecycle activities for government programs.
Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.
Responsibilities
- Perform systems engineering activities across requirements analysis, functional analysis, architecture development, design integration, verification, validation, and lifecycle support.
- Apply Model Based Systems Engineering methodologies to support the development, analysis, and communication of system designs and technical baselines.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze system models using Cameo in support of complex program requirements and architectures.
- Translate customer, mission, operational, and technical requirements into system-level engineering products and model elements.
- Support development and maintenance of system architectures, operational concepts, use cases, interface definitions, and requirement traceability.
- Ensure consistency and traceability among requirements, architecture products, design elements, interfaces, and verification artifacts.
- Participate in system decomposition, allocation of requirements, and definition of subsystem interactions and dependencies.
- Support technical baseline management, configuration control, and change impact analysis.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to integrate software, hardware, network, cybersecurity, and operational considerations into system designs.
- Support development of engineering documentation, technical plans, model artifacts, interface control documentation, and verification materials.
- Participate in technical reviews, design reviews, working groups, and customer engagements.
- Support system integration, verification, validation, transition, and sustainment activities.
- Provide technical guidance and systems engineering insight to support risk management, trade studies, and engineering decision-making.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of systems engineering processes, methods, and model governance practices.
THIS HYBRID POSITION REQUIRES 3 DAYS OF WORK IN THE OFFICE AND 2 DAYS REMOTE PER WEEK
Qualifications
- Top Secret eligibility.
- Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience serving as a Systems Engineer.(Additional experience will be considered in lieu of degree).
- Experience in the use of CAMEO