Come join a company where what you do makes a difference.  For over 50 years, Danbury Mission Technologies, located in Danbury, CT has forged groundbreaking technologies that have pushed the limits of physics, engineered the impossible, and provided actionable intelligence to keep our Armed Forces and nation safe.  We are dedicated to helping you grow your career by using all your talents, insights and experiences in a welcoming team environment. Bring your passion, commitment and curiosity and come grow with us as together we work to make our world a safer place. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Staff Systems Engineer. 

Position Overview:

You will have a demonstrated history of OTA and/or EO/IR system development through multiple phases of the product life cycle.  It is essential that you have the ability to perform first order evaluations of problems, designs, and concepts in order to comprehend, evaluate, and assess technical details among diverse engineering disciplines.   You will engage with engineering, program management and support functions, functional management, and customers.

Specific Requirements:

There are no direct reports to this position. However, you may be responsible for the oversight and direction of small engineering teams of varied disciplines.  You will:

• Work with the technical team to establish robust and executable program plans including the identification of tasks, trade studies, modelling and analyses, and risk and opportunity identification and management


• Review and assess customer requirements and develop and guide proper requirements management including validation, decomposition and flow down, specification development, and technical budgeting


• Develop and guide verification management including verification matrix development, verification plan development, and preparation of sell-off materials to demonstrate compliance


• Evaluate the work and results from the technical team and provide feedback and direction as necessary


• Communicate and collaborate with the program office, functional management, and technical team members to ensure proper program execution and early issue and risk identification

Education/Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree in physics, optical engineering, or related field.  Advanced degree preferred.

Experience/Qualifications:

Required

• 7+ years of relevant work experience such as systems engineering of complex optical systems throughout the product lifecycle including requirements validation, decomposition and flow down, specification development, technical budgeting, and verification


• Decomposition of complex systems into logical building blocks and the ability to develop the requisite error budgets and requirements traceability


• Writing requirements specifications, verification matrices, verification plans, and verification reports


• Use and development of analytical tools for modeling and analysis for system development, evaluation, and verification


• Evaluation and definition of the optical, mechanical, electrical, and environmental inputs into a system and their influence on overall requirements compliance


• Program planning including scope definition, resourcing, and budgeting


• Proficient written communication skills including technical writing


• Proficient verbal skill including technical presentations with the ability and technical confidence to brief a variety of internal and external customers

Desired

• Development of reflective and refractive optical systems for visible through long wave infrared applications with the ability to identify the appropriate solutions for both imaging and non-imaging systems


• Development of EO/IR systems including modeling and analysis


• Concept of operations (CONOPS) development


• Image processing and image quality assessment


• Technical leadership of cross-functional/discipline teams


• EO/IR sensor calibration


• Active security clearance

Collaborating with world class experts, you will have the opportunity to develop innovative solutions in fulfillment of our customers’ requirements.  We believe in our mission and we believe in supporting our employees.  We offer policies and programs that provide opportunities for continual learning, career growth and work/life balance along with a full suite of health and welfare benefits. 

No sponsorship is available for this position. 

Danbury Mission Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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