System Engineer III

System Engineer III

Location: Boulder, CO

Schedule: Full Time

Salary Range: $99K-$109K

OVERVIEW

Caribou Thunder is seeking a System Engineer III to support a critical customer mission for a large DoD contract. This role will work with various Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) as well as be cognizant of algorithm development and integration issues. This role must communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings. This is a supervisory / leadership role and will represent the organization as a technical POC and may have frequent inter-organizational and customer contacts.

CLEARANCE

• Active Secret Clearance

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE 

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM plus 5 years of experience in related field
• OR Master’s degree plus 3 years of experience
• OR PhD and 0 years

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Research and identify complex, multi-disciplinary problems, breaking into components, and design and implement algorithm solutions for a broad range of sensor exploitation activities.
• Sensor output shall be used for identification, characterization, interpretation, and change detection of objects and events.
• Planning and executing team projects, developing work packages, developing prototypes and customer demonstrations, in addition to analyzing algorithm performance, subsystems, and interfaces.
• Report status to colleagues, including customers and management.
• Provide problem resolution and improvement recommendations with strong time management skills
• Perform risk assessments and analysis employing modeling and simulation techniques.
• Make recommendations and advises on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts.
• Provide system engineering, technical, and managerial direction for problem definition, analysis, requirement development and implementation for complex systems in the engineering discipline required to meet technical requirements.
• Travel to Government locations within U.S.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with Algorithm development
• Tool and software development using C/C++ in a spiral development framework.
• Working knowledge of sensors, with respect to focal plane resolution, sensitivity, and line of sight considerations for the purpose of tracking.
• Experience with configuration management software, including ClearCase/ClearQuest.
• Generation of applicable documentation.
• Knowledge of visible or IR focal planes and other sensor systems.

ABOUT CARIBOU THUNDER

Caribou Thunder, LLC is a Woman Owned, HUBZone Certified, Native American Owned, SBA and SDB Certified global engineering services company, incorporated in 2006. Caribou Thunder is a Global Service Provider supporting a wide variety of DoD, Space, and Intelligence programs with consistent growth since inception to over 100 associates and $10M in annual sales with solid performance in 35 states across the U.S. and 22 countries around the world.

Caribou Thunder, LLC is an established Defense contractor with nearly 20 years of experience delivering engineering services worldwide. We offer industry leading salaries, flexible work life balance, full range of benefits (career development and mentoring, PTO, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401k match). Caribou Thunder, LLC offers meaningful career opportunities within a true team-based environment, where every employee matters, contributing to a higher goal supporting National Security programs. Caribou Thunder, LLC is committed to hiring and maintaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. United States citizenship is a requirement for all positions.

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