Systems Safety Engineering and Analysis

Learn more about Summit TRC at our website. Must be a US Citizen with a Secret or higher security clearance.

This role will be performed on-site in Huntsville, AL.

Summit TRC is seeking to add a Systems Engineer to join our team supporting a UAS program or record. This role is centered on the classic systems engineering discipline: deriving and decomposing requirements, writing clear and testable requirements, and executing the Systems Engineering V from concept through verification for unmanned aerial systems. The ideal candidate brings rigorous SE fundamentals and is comfortable operating within a structured government program environment. Experience with safety or software safety, and familiarity with MBSE, are a plus but not required. Derive, decompose, and allocate system and subsystem requirements for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) from higher-level customer and stakeholder needs

• Author, refine, and maintain requirements ensuring clarity, testability, and bidirectional traceability throughout the Systems Engineering V
• Interface with government customers, program management, and cross-functional engineering teams to clarify, negotiate, and baseline requirements
• SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR), providing systems engineering rigor and requirements insight
• Support configuration management of requirements baselines and manage changes through established control processes
• Contribute to risk identification and mitigation planning from a systems engineering perspective
• (Bonus) Support safety and software safety analysis activities, including hazard identification and safety case documentation
• (Bonus) Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles, using tools such as Cameo, to support requirements and architecture development

Bachelors Degree

• Active Secret security clearance
• Strong working knowledge of the Systems Engineering V and systems engineering lifecycle processes
• Excellent technical writing skills with experience authoring clear, testable, well-structured requirements
• Experience supporting technical reviews and interfacing directly with government customers
• Self-directed with strong attention to detail and established project methodology
• Preferred: experience with safety engineering or software safety analysis
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local laws.

Disability & Accommodation Statement

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