Systems Engineer 2

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Systems Engineer 2

Reporting to:  Director of Systems and Electrical Engineering
Location: Groton, CT
Position Type: Full time

Join our dynamic and innovative team at ThayerMahan, a world leader in autonomous maritime surveillance and monitoring. Headquartered in Groton, CT, we are a fast-growing, mission-focused, innovative technology company in the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) space. At ThayerMahan, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous growth.

Position Summary: ThayerMahan is seeking a Systems Engineer 2 to join our team. In this role, you will help design, develop, test, troubleshoot, and manage a range of complex systems related to maritime domain awareness and acoustic intelligence collection.

Role and Responsibilities:

Design, Maintain, and Improve Systems

• Track system statuses over the full product lifecycle.
• Manage system upgrades, updates, and patching.
• Monitor system performance and reliability and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Actively participate in prototyping, troubleshooting, and testing, while providing hands-on support.
• Assist in the development of early-stage systems by helping establish design constraints/objectives, test events, and acceptance criteria.

Documentation

• Review Contracts & translate customer needs into engineering system requirements.
• Develop acceptance test procedures for internal verification & contractual requirements validation.
• Document systems, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Improve system organization, documentation, and revision control.

Cross Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate engineering teams during full system development, ensuring contractual requirements are met.
• Support and provide feedback on designs and documentation from other engineering teams.
• Act as the Test Director for engineering led system test and integration events.
• Plan and Organize system test events to meet multi-team engineering goals.
• Develop tools to aid and improve production and reproducibility of systems.

Strategic Long-Term Contributions

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing.
  
• Evaluate new technologies and recommend system improvements.

Required:

• U.S. Citizenship (position entails access to Controlled Unclassed Information).
• Holds a security clearance or can obtain DoD security clearance.
• B.S., M.S., or M.ENG. in Systems Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of professional Systems/Test/Reliability/Quality Engineering experience (or similar), preferably in robotics, ocean technology or ruggedized field systems.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work both within a team and across teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable with hands-on work, including prototyping & testing.

Preferred (but not required):

• Familiarity with designing, developing and validating for harsh, maritime environments.
• Familiarity with documentation & issue tracking in Gitlab.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering.
• Experience drafting test plans for engineering verification and validation.
• Experience drafting, using and/or reviewing engineering documentation (mechanical part/assembly drawings, electrical schematics, build guides, etc.).

What we Offer:

Competitive salary, comprehensive total rewards package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and a 401K with employer match), and other great benefits. Opportunity to continue to develop your career at a growing organization.

The stated salary range represents a good-faith estimate of compensation for this role and may vary based on factors such as experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

If you meet the requirements and are ready to make waves with us, apply now! 

ThayerMahan is an Equal Opportunity Employer and doesn’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or other non-merit factor.