Senior Systems Engineer / Project Engineer

Ready for What's Next? At Kratos, we encourage an entrepreneurial spirit balanced with discipline. We work hard, and take care of our customers, employees, and families. Recognized as thought leaders in our industry, we are motivated by creating and delivering innovative solutions to our nation and global customers. We are seeking a Systems Engineer / Project Technical Lead for SATCOM and Space Ground System projects of varying size and complexity. The Systems Engineer provides technical leadership throughout the entire engineering lifecycle; from contract award through system acceptance testing and post-delivery support. The Systems Engineer directly leads multi-functional teams of hardware, software, integration and test engineers and interfaces with other internal organizations such as Production, Quality, Customer Support and others. The Systems Engineer is the Customer's primary interface for all technical matters relating to the project.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Requirement's analysis, decomposition, and management including customer interaction and trade-off options
• Architecture / System / Hardware / Firmware / Software design development and maturation (depending upon project size and scope)
• Support verification and troubleshooting of the technical solutions provided by the development staff
• Support or lead the project acceptance test planning and test execution effort
• Articulate technical concepts orally and in written forms to the customer, users, and the development team including leadership of project formal reviews (requirements, design, and test readiness)
• Support the Project Manager in the creation and statusing of project schedule and financial performance
• Support definition, scoping, tracking, and refinement of the project schedule to ensure on-time & on-budget completion
• Maintain technical project responsibility for assigned tasks, provide technical management of subcontractors, and work closely with company management to provide status on progress on project development tasks
• Support project risk and opportunity management
• Support business development activities in support of Kratos satellite communications products
• Represent the Company as technical advisor in high-level meetings and briefings with Company and customer personnel
• Serve as a Principal Investigator or individual contributor to internal research and development projects
• Prepare, deliver, and submit technical papers and perform engineering studies
• Mentor less experienced engineers

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related degree and at least 10 years relevant work experience (willing to consider a range of work and educational levels)
• Basic knowledge of signal processing, digital communications theory, and network communications
• Software development experience using at least one modern programming language (i.e. C++)
• Experience in coordinating requirements with the customer, defining/architecting a solution to satisfy them and developing the test methodology to verify them
• Self-motivated and comfortable leading a technical team comprised of a diverse group of engineers across multiple disciplines
• Proficiency with basic test equipment, such as Spectrum Analyzer, Oscilloscope, etc.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to interact directly with customers
• Willing to travel to provide customer support (typically 10% CONUS travel)

Desired Skills and Experience

• Strong data analytics skills for signals and RF data from a variety of sources (IQ files, CSV files, database feeds, etc), to include strong skills in MATLAB (or equivalent tool)
• Familiarity with SATCOM links and hardware, ground system architectures, component functionality and testing methods used when integrating large communications systems
• Experience in SysML using Enterprise Architect, Cameo System Modeler, Rhapsody, or other tools
• Experience executing project development using Agile methodologies
• Familiarity with cloud-based and Kubernetes-enabled applications
• Familiarity with automated test scripting and tools (e.g., Bamboo)
• Familiarity with Configuration Management Tools (e.g., Git, Atlassian tools, Artifactory, etc.)

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Competitive salary based on experience and education

Salary Range: $140,000-$160,000

Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offerings-from commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And, we always deliver.