Principal Systems Engineer (TC2143)

Company: Research Innovations Inc
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is breaking through the big, slow, status quo with transformative technology that fundamentally changes and improves the world. We develop cutting-edge software for all levels of the government and military. Using agile development practices and user-centered design, we create innovative software solutions for complex real-world problems. We are looking for a committed Prinicpal Systems Engineer to join our Systems Engineering Team team. Solve unique, challenging problems for our Defense and Homeland Security customers. Help manage large volumes of critical, real-time information about issues from global to local. Get s#it done. This position requires a current active US security clearance (Top Secret preferred) WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Collect mission, user, and system requirements for a complex software system, from multiple stakeholders to generate a unified product strategy through user-centered design principles and systems engineering best practices
• Conduct user engagement sessions with key stakeholders to design, deconflict, prioritize and validate product requirements at varying levels of fidelity
• Document high-level product strategy to convey key features, functions, and capabilities in a prioritized roadmap
• Generate user stories with clear acceptance criteria that trace to the product strategy / roadmap
• Decompose product strategy into detailed requirements that may be supplemented by user-centered design artifacts
• Develop system specifications and related documentation to communicate the system design
• Coordinate with UI/UX team and product owner(s) to develop and validate low- to high-fidelity wireframes in support of product implementation
• Support the continuous improvement of systems engineering, user experience, and agile development processes
• Communicate and implement systems engineering processes across project team
• Develop thorough integration test plans, procedures and schedules
• Ensure test procedures provide complete coverage for system requirements
• Work with software design and development team during design and development process to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are understood and satisfied WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
  • Conducted trade studies and assessments of complex military program of record systems and process
  • Direct experience with development, analysis, and execution of Universal Mission Threads
  • Performed requirements analysis for complex systems with multiple stakeholders
  • Decomposed operational requirements into high level system requirements
  • Decomposed high level system requirements into low-level requirements needed for implementation
  • Collaborated with business, technical, and mission stakeholders to develop the optimal solutions to ill-defined problems
  • Worked directly with end-users to elicit specified and derived user needs using exceptional communication skills
  • Documented and communicated complex operational/systems concepts and challenges using visual depictions and models that are easily consumable/understandable by engineering/development teams
  • Experience working on DoD/IC-related projects and programs
  • Experience with integrating user-centered design principles into rapid software development
  • Performed systems engineering activities on software-intensive systems EVEN BETTER
    • Participated in or supported Army Interoperability Testing (AIC) events
    • Developed and maintained project and corporate systems engineering processes
    • Led a team of systems engineers on a complex, software-intensive military system
    • Experience in systems engineering of military mission command systems
    • Communicate system requirements and design to customers through briefings and presentations
    • Experience with documenting system interoperability in a complex military system of systems environment
    • Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools such as MagicDraw and UPDM--
    • Experience with systems engineering requirements tools such as DOORS or Jama
    • Experience with the Atlassian suite of tools including Confluence and Jira At RII, we believe that diversity in our workforce is critical to our success. We strive to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger. We work to help your intellectual passions and creativity thrive. It's one of our core values: Let your geek flag fly. We also offer all employees comprehensive benefits including: flexible work schedules, health insurance coverage, paid time off, 401k with a company match, paid parental leave, access to wellness programs and much more. You get this all from day one, and all 100% paid for by RII. --It's all part of another of our core values: Stay human. It's why our comfortable and colorful offices include a community game room, pantry, massage chair, and an escape room, among other amenities. It's why we have a community manager and regular community events. It's also why, during the current pandemic, most of us aren't actually in our lovely office. We're all working fully remote where possible, with safety controls for those who do have to be on site. RII is committed to not overwhelming our healthcare system, preventing infection for those most at risk, reducing the impact on our communities, and keeping our employees working. Research Innovations, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national, origin, genetics, disability status, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law.

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