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Forterra · 1 week ago

Staff Systems Engineer - Platform Integration

Clarksburg, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$155K/yr - $175K/yr

7+ years exp

Forterra is a leading provider of autonomous systems for ground-based movement, focusing on building systems that protect front-line soldiers and enable civilian workers. The Staff Systems Engineer will drive the development of autonomous systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure system integration, verification, and validation.

Defense & Space

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Collaborate with cross-functional teams on the development of concepts of operation, use cases, system architectures and system requirements

Ensure traceability of requirements across architectures, analyses and verification plans throughout the project lifecycle

Lead the development of system architectures and ICDs

Support the program team with preparation and coordination of activities for technical gate reviews (ex. PDR, CDR, TRR etc.) for various systems of interest

Participate in system-level trade studies and analyses

Collect metrics and communicate with program stakeholders and management in a timely manner, identifying both technical and programmatic risks

Deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders to effectively communicate proposed concepts, solutions, and analysis results

Participate and support with verification and validation activities of autonomous vehicles

Qualification

Systems engineeringVerificationValidationAutonomous vehiclesRequirement Management ToolsSafety critical systemsProduct developmentTechnical planningCollaborationCommunicationProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems Engineering, Robotics or related area and 8+ years of experience

Master's Degree with 7+ year of experience

Systems engineering skills and qualifications through education or experience including requirements definition/allocation/traceability, interface definition, verification and validation

The ideal candidate must have the ability to understand, define and develop system specifications, architectures, interfaces

Hands-on experience with verification and validation activities

Knowledge and experience of product development through traditional waterfall and agile practices

Familiarity with Autonomous Vehicles, sensors, embedded systems

Experience with developing safety critical systems through the product lifecycle

Experience with Requirement Management Tools (such as Jama, Doors)

Familiarity with Software Development principles and ability to collaborate with SW engineering experts

Preferred

Experience developing architectures in an MBSE environment (BDD, IBD, State Machines, Sequence, Activities, Parametric, etc), preferably in Cameo/MagicDraw

Experience with Autonomous Vehicles behavior definition and decomposition into functional and performance requirements

Working knowledge of key algorithms from at least one major robotics discipline (navigation, localization, perception, planning)

Experience with safety standards for regulated industries, including automotive, military, aerospace, or medical

Example standards include, but are not limited to ISO-21448, ISO-26262, MIL-STD-882E, DO178, and ISO-14971

Familiarity with Cybersecurity principles and ability to collaborate with cybersecurity experts

Familiarity with Machinery Standards (ISO 12100, ISO 13849, ISO 3691)

Benefits

Premium Healthcare Benefits: Three plan options, including an HSA-eligible plan, with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for you and your dependents.

Basic Life/AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance plans 100% covered by Forterra, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.

Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December.

Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year.

A minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption.

$9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.

Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires.

401(k) retirement savings plan, including traditional, Roth 401(k), and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%.