Systems Engineer 3

Description:
Chipton-Ross is seeking multiple Systems Engineer 3's for a contract opportunity in Woodland Hills, CA.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):
o Principal System Engineer:
o Bachelors of Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 5+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 3+ years of engineering experience OR PhD degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 1+ years of engineering experience
o Experience with IBM Rational DOORS
o Demonstrated success with:
o Technical baseline management
o Writing and updating DOORS requirements
o Decomposing and deriving requirements based on customer specifications
o Experience in System Engineering activities such as:
o Software requirements development
o Requirements development
o Test Case development
o Verification and Validation, i.e. experience running tests and documenting results
o Excellent written and oral communication skills including:
o Demonstrated experience presenting to internal and external stakeholders
o Demonstrated experience communicating technical information, e.g. requirements updates, test plans, integration test plans, etc.
o Demonstrated Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts
o Collaborating with cross-functional teams
o Active DoD Secret clearance required at the time of application
o Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA

o Sr. Principal System Engineer:
o Bachelor's of Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 8+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 6+ years of engineering experience OR PhD degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 4+ years of engineering experience
o Experience with IBM Rational DOORS
o Demonstrated success with:
o Technical baseline management
o Writing and updating DOORS requirements
o Decomposing and deriving requirements based on customer specifications
o Experience in System Engineering activities such as:
o Software requirements development
o Requirements development
o Test Case development
o Verification and Validation, i.e. experience running tests and documenting results
o Excellent written and oral communication skills including:
o Demonstrated experience presenting to internal and external stakeholders
o Demonstrated experience communicating technical information, e.g. requirements updates, test plans, integration test plans, etc
o Demonstrated Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts
o Collaborating with cross-functional teams
o Active DoD Secret clearance required at the time of application
o Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA


POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Seeking a skilled Systems Engineer with a strong understanding of requirements development, test case development, and verification and validation of those requirements. The ideal candidate should be proficient with requirements technical baseline management via IBM Rational DOORS, and act as the technical lead and point of contact to the Chief Engineer and customer.

Key Responsibilities:
o Work with a broad customer base to identify unique requirements, flow the requirements into design documentation, and work with a diverse team to build and test those requirements.
o Present to customers on the capabilities of current products, performance analyses, design information, and requirements verification methods.
o Generate, review, and manage multiple requirements sets that cover all aspects of both performance and nonperformance including mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, data requirements, environmental requirements, and reliability.
o Awareness and responsiveness to contract milestones and deliverables.
o Lead an Agile team to ensure the designs are sufficient to meet the system requirements.
o Work with various Agile teams to ensure all requirements are verified through inspection, analysis, demonstration, or test often by providing test and data reduction scripts.
o Provide test directions to ensure production tests and troubleshooting tests are executed correctly and resulting data conforms to requirements.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):
o Experience with the following interfaces:
o MIL-STD-1553
o Experience with ARINC-429
o Experience with Ethernet
o Experience working in an Agile engineering team
o Experience with JIRA
o Systems Engineering experience on large, complex systems
o Lab and system integration experience
o Demonstrated experience with Model Based Systems Engineering and Cameo modeling (or equivalent)
o Experience with ClearQuest / ClearCase

REQUIRED EDUCATION:
Bachelors of Science degree in STEM discipline is required.
School must be accredited.

WORK HOURS:
Full-Time 9/80 work week. This position will serve on-site at Woodland Hills, CA.

ADDITIONAL:
Applicants responding to this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements by currently possessing the ability to view classified government information.

 
Job Number: 219449
Job Location: Woodland Hilsl, CA
Rate: Up to $143.31 DOE
Duration: 12 months
Input Date: 08/13/2026
Firm Name: CHIPTON ROSS
Attention: Patricia Serge
Address: 420 CULVER BLVD
City, State: PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293
Phone: 310/414-7800 X286
800 Phone: 800/927-9318
Fax Phone: 310/414-7808
Email: pserge@chiptonross.com
Website: www.chiptonross.com
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