Systems Integration Engineer, Junior

Perform systems engineering to include expertise in systems design and integration, manufacturing, quality and industrial engineering, airworthiness, and configuration and data management.

Assist in developing, deploying, and maintaining processes to assure weapon systems are fully integrated, manufactured, sustained, configuration managed, and operationally safe, suitable, and effective throughout their life cycle.

Understand and execute AFPD 62-6, USAF Airworthiness, through standardized processes and issuance of flight authorizations.

Apply OSS&E and airworthiness processes, as well as assist in providing risk assessments, safety analysis, and recommendations and address high priority safety issues.

Have knowledge of systems engineering in support of system definition, development, integration, verification methods, sustainment, risk modeling / simulation, testing and evaluation, human system integration (HSI), crew stations engineering, OSS&E efforts, interoperability requirements, and airworthiness certification across a wide range of hardware and software systems including ground-based systems.

Review and assist in performing assessments on program specific databases, analyzing BIT failure reports, and comparing failure reports against the BIT interpreter analyzer for accuracy of BIT indications; provide system integration guidance to aircraft program offices for the program system installation and system maintenance; review and analyze technical proposals or modifications for design feasibility and system capability; assist in conducting performance effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life-cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical, and schedule risk assessments, and schedule trade-off studies; conduct systems analyses to include, but not limited to, system design / design feasibility and state-of-the-art assessments.

Provide system integration guidance to the government for the program system installation and system maintenance.

Provide technical expertise and proper application of systems engineering processes to support technology and systems development.

Assist in the development and review of the overall system design baseline (architecture and interoperability requirements).

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree from ABET accredited engineering discipline, and four (4) years of experience in the respective technical / professional discipline being performed
• Apply an understanding of DoD, AF, and common engineering / scientific principles, processes, and procedures to improve the performance and sustainability of existing and future AF and joint service weapon systems
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance; U.S. Citizenship required
• Demonstrate proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams), & Adobe Acrobat

Preferred Experience

COLSA Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities / Females / Veterans / Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

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