Senior Systems Engineer

Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. With revenues of $125M+, and a staff of more than 630, Riverside Research provides high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country's most challenging technical problems. Riverside Research also supports advanced technical education and collaborates widely with university researchers. The company was formed from a respected research laboratory at Columbia University and has a current focus on technical areas including Radar systems, Optics and Photonics, Electromagnetics, Plasma physics, Geoint, Masint, Systems Engineering, and Modeling & Simulation. Riverside Research's open innovation R&D model encourages both internal and external collaboration to accelerate innovation, advance science, and expand market opportunities. In 2015, Riverside Research expanded its facility in Dayton, OH, adding a 30,000 square-foot Open Innovation Center (OIC). The OIC is a collaborative R&D environment that fosters creativity, synergy, and ultimately delivers innovative solutions to current and anticipated challenges. The OIC sets the standard for collaborative innovation and is dedicated to promoting research across the company. Riverside Research has additional research facilities in Boston, MA; New York, NY; Centreville, VA; and Champaign, IL.

• Utilize your systems engineering expertise in research, design, development, integration, test, and sustainment of aircraft subsystems equipment and software
• Translate user requirements into system requirements, including allocation and verification in system requirement documents
• Using mechanical and electrical engineering experience, evaluate Contractor proposed design changes and solutions, perform systems analyses and technological/trade-off study assessments
• Analyze equipment and software performance deficiencies and make recommendations for corrective actions
• Support review and evaluation of weapon system and subsystem design, integration, analyses, and verification
• Support test planning working groups, technical interchanges, lab and flight test events, and day-to-day interactions between test, intelligence, and technology organizations
• Support development and review of the full range of program and contract documentation
• Apply systems engineering approach in building entrance and exit criteria for significant technical reviews.
• Conduct technical evaluations of contractor proposals
• Perform technical risk assessments and develop mitigation plans

• Current TOP SECRET security clearance with Background Investigation within the last six years or on Continuous Evaluation. Eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering with 12 years of relevant DoD work experience or Master's Degree with 10 years of relevant DoD work experience (will consider less years of experience on case-by-case basis)

• In-depth knowledge of DoD acquisition engineering support

• Master's Degree in an engineering related field
• Five years in DoD acquisition programs as either a sub-system or system engineer
• Electronic warfare engineering experience
• Three years of Special Access Program or SCI experience within the last five years