Systems Engineer
$55 - $75 per hourActalent
Job Description
Job Description
Job Title: Systems Engineer
Job Description
This Systems Engineer role focuses on generating clear, comprehensive process documentation across the core systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements, analysis, architecture, and verification and validation (V&V) and test. You will help define and document how complex aerospace systems are conceived, developed, integrated, and verified, ensuring that systems engineering principles and practices are captured in a structured, repeatable way.
Responsibilities
- Generate detailed process documentation covering the four key systems engineering areas: requirements, analysis, architecture, and verification and validation (V&V) and test.
- Create structured process documentation drafts that clearly describe how systems engineering activities are performed and coordinated.
- Perform verification and validation activities and accurately document the associated processes and outcomes.
- Support requirements management by documenting how requirements are captured, analyzed, traced, and maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develop and maintain documentation related to concepts of operations (CONOPS), ensuring system behavior and operational scenarios are clearly defined.
- Document interface control processes and create or update interface control documents (ICDs) that describe system and subsystem interactions.
- Capture and formalize systems engineering principles and practices, including SEMP, V&V test processes, requirements management, TPM, ICD development, architecture definition, MBSE practices, trace studies, and CONOPS.
- Analyze how work is performed from a systems perspective within the aerospace environment and translate that understanding into clear, usable process documents.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to understand existing workflows, tools, and methodologies and reflect them accurately in process documentation.
- Use tools such as DOORS and Jama to support requirements and systems documentation activities.
Essential Skills
- Strong experience with requirements engineering, including requirements definition, analysis, and management.
- Hands-on experience with verification and validation (V&V) processes and test documentation in a systems engineering context.
- Proven ability to create comprehensive, clear, and structured process documentation for complex technical systems.
- Aerospace systems engineering, with familiarity with industry practices and standards.
- Solid understanding of systems engineering principles, including Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP), V&V test processes, requirements management, Technical Performance Measures (TPM), interface control documents (ICD), architecture definition, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), trace studies, and concepts of operations (CONOPS).
- Ability to document systems engineering processes in a way that is accessible and usable for engineering teams and stakeholders.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
- Experience using requirements management tools such as DOORS and Jama.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Experience working on aerospace or complex systems programs, with an understanding of how systems engineering is applied in practice.
- Familiarity with developing and maintaining CONOPS documentation for complex systems.
- Experience creating and managing interface control documents (ICDs) that define system and subsystem interfaces.
- Knowledge of Technical Performance Measures (TPM) and how they are used to monitor and control system performance.
- Exposure to MBSE approaches and tools, and the ability to reflect MBSE workflows in process documentation.
- Ability to perform trace studies and document traceability across requirements, design, implementation, and test.
- Strong written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts and workflows into clear, concise documentation.
- Collaborative mindset and ability to work closely with multiple engineering disciplines to gather information and validate documented processes.
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Houston, TX.
Pay and BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $55.00 - $75.00/hr.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace TypeThis is a fully onsite position in Houston,TX.
Application DeadlineThis position is anticipated to close on Oct 7, 2026.
About Actalent
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