Systems Engineer Senior Job Listing at SAIC in Cleveland, OH (Job ID 2613274)

Description

Description

SAIC is looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to support the Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom Nuclear Power Module (NPM) Verification and Validation (V&V) efforts.  SR-1 will demonstrate nuclear electric propulsion and provide a path to higher powered and longer duration Mars missions.

Supporting the SR-1 NPM Lead Systems Engineer, the selected candidate will be the technical lead for NPM V&V Planning and Execution. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Ensuring the system is verified and validated using the defined mission success criteria
• Defining verification methods for all requirements
• Defining and maintaining the Verification Matrix to ensure industry partner's V&V plans align with system-level V&V
• Ensuring the NPM V&V Plan is in-line with the SR-1 Vehicle V&V Plan
• Coordinating subsystem and system level test planning for requirement closure criteria 
• Validation of mission requirements and concept of operations
• Collaborating with the Integration & Test and External Interfaces technical leads 
• Being the interface to the with the mission level V&V planning effort 

 

Location:

• Work will be performed onsite at NASA GRC in Cleveland, Ohio, 5-days a week.   

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Experience with verification and validation planning and execution

• Demonstrated experience in systems engineering on complex hardware

• Demonstrated experience collaborating across cross-functional teams

• Excellent communication skills 

• Highly motivated and able to work independently

• Team player dedicated to the mission

 

Desired Skills:

• Experience with spaceflight hardware projects
• Experience working with NASA, Department of Energy, or defense/naval systems engineering processes and procedures
• INCOSE CSEP

 

Education/Experience:

Completed at least a bachelor of science degree in a STEM-related major from an accredited program with the following education and experience:

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more of relevant experience; 
• Masters and seven (7) years or more of relevant experience; 
• PhD or JD and four (4) years or more of relevant experience.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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