D440 Comm Systems Engineer

Overview

Electric Boat Corporation is seeking candidates for Department 440: Payload Launch Control. Payload Launch Control is responsible for payload, countermeasure, and weapon handling, launching, and recovery electronic control systems for all US submarine classes. The department is responsible for submarine integration of government furnished fire control systems that perform weapon targeting as well as internal and external countermeasure launching electronics, and is responsible for in house design, development, test, and support of handling, launch, and recovery control systems. Control systems are typically complex embedded control systems consisting of a combination of commercial off the shelf electronics and custom designed electronics. Department engineers are responsible for initial concept development, requirements specification, development and selection of electronic hardware, integration with software, testing, life cycle support, and support of the shipyard and the in service fleet. A successful candidate will have the ability to work in a fast paced, team environment, coordinating with other disciplines, while meeting schedule and budget constraints.

Core Skills:

• Combat system component design
• Specifications, performance requirements, component manufacturing, assembly & detail drawings, wiring tables, formal testing, troubleshooting, project management
• Combat system component procurement
• Procurement requirements, analog/digital & network devices, test development
• Combat system concept development
• Launch sequence definition, system architecture, requirements definition
• Combat system design
• Controlled algorithm development, cabling & wiring diagrams, concept of operations, system/subsystem design, interface management and control
• Combat system knowledge
• Control system modeling
• Control algorithm development, control system simulation/test, control theory, physical plant modelling
• Embedded software requirements verification test engineering
• Analog & digital circuits, control system simulation & test, functional analysis, software analysis and problem solving, test development & execution, requirements verification
• Subcontract management
• Software engineering
• Software development, software safety, cybersecurity technology, information assurance, risk management, incident detection, incident response & remediation
• Construction support
• Ship construction milestones, key events, certification knowledge, shipyard procedures, troubleshooting & root cause analysis, communication with trades
• Fleet and life cycle support
• Meetings, briefings, workflow management, configuration and lifecycle process management, knowledge of Navy command structure
• System integration
• Combat systems operations and management, interface management, element boundaries knowledge, functional analysis, system analysis and problem solving, test development
• Platform integration
• Combat systems operation and management, interface management, element boundaries knowledge, ship detail design
• Lab/facility development and management
• Facilities procedures, project management, communications with trades, customer interface    

Electric Boat offers Flexible Work Arrangements that allows some work to be performed remotely and at home. This varies from position to position based on the amount of classified material the department interacts with, as well as a few other variables. Please ask for more details on how it applies to this opening during discussions with the department.  

Qualifications

Education/Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Systems Engineering; other engineering disciplines will be considered

Skills

Skills

• Ability to obtain Secret level clearance
• Self-motivated with the ability to think objectively and drive technical solutions to successful conclusion
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering lifecycle and standards
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills, as well as the ability to present technical/programmatic content to internal and external stakeholders
• Experience with IBM Rational Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System preferred