What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Systems Engineer position at Vertex Aerospace LLC?
Job Description:
The V2X Systems Engineering department in Indianapolis, IN is hiring! We are hiring innovative thinkers wishing to work with emerging technologies on defense solutions recognized around the world.
V2X in Indianapolis is in need of a collaborative, self-starting, highly skilled Senior Systems Engineer to help service, maintain, and upgrade RF electronics capabilities for our U.S. Navy customers. Responsibilities include deriving system requirements and developing system architectures, laboratory integration & test and data analysis, and providing system installations & upgrades onsite at customer locations. Approximately 20% travel will be required. Experience working with military standards, satellite communications systems, and Linux-based data processing equipment is desired. This position requires an active Secret security clearance upon hire.
Required Skills:
- Experience with Radio Frequency (RF) electronics
- Experience with electronic circuit design
- Experience with test, integration, & troubleshooting of electronics
- Experience with satellite link performance
- Experience with antenna design
- Experience with RF networks
- Basic understanding of RF/microwave principles
- Experience with RF/microwave test equipment (VNAs, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, & signal generators)
- Basic understanding of RF antenna design concepts
- Familiarity with at least one programming language (Python, C, JavaScript, etc.)
Desired Skills:
- Experience with electronics in military applications
- Experience with embedded programming
- Familiarity with signal processing concepts
- Advanced understanding of RF circuit design concepts
- Advanced understanding of RF antenna design concepts
- Advanced understanding of RF propagation theory
- Familiarity with script writing for Linux based operating systems
- Experience with the systems engineering design process
- Experience with requirements development
- Experience working directly with subcontractors at the technical level
- Experience working directly with customers at the technical level
- Ability to correlate technical topics with management considerations
- Familiarity with the systems engineering design process
- Basic understanding of common electromagnetic compliance (EMC) practices
- Basic understanding of closed-loop electronic control systems
- Experience with RF/microwave test equipment: (VNAs, VNA calibration kits, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, power meters and power heads, signal generators, arbitrary waveform generators, RF/microwave coaxial connectors, and transmission lines (coaxial, waveguide, microstrip, grounded coplanar waveguide, etc)
- Firm understanding of electric power delivery / wiring
- Fluent with Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Access
- Excellent communication skills
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or above in a STEM-related field of study
Equal Opportunity Employer – minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.
