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This person should be able to translate mission and customer needs into clear technical requirements, support system design and analysis, help define how system capabilities will be verified, and work closely with software, test, integration, cyber, and program teams to support delivery.\n\nKey responsibilities\nSupport systems engineering activities across the full development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture support, design elaboration, integration, test, verification, and validation\nDecompose customer and mission requirements into clear system level and subsystem level requirements\nDevelop, review, and maintain use cases, system behavior descriptions, interface definitions, and technical documentation\nSupport functional analysis, system trade studies, technical assessments, and mission thread analysis for complex aerospace and defense systems\nHelp define system interfaces and support interface control documentation across software, hardware, network, 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sequence diagrams, use cases, mission threads, or operational views\nExperience supporting integration and test activities in a CI/CD or DevSecOps environment\nExperience writing, running, integrating, or automating tests using tools such as SoapUI or similar automated test tools\nExperience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Bash, or similar languages\nExperience with Linux, Unix, virtualized environments, cloud environments, or secure infrastructure supporting mission systems\nUnderstanding of cybersecurity, system hardening, RMF, STIG, or secure system delivery in classified environments\nProficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint\n\nOverview of Benefits\nCompetitive salary, ranges vary by position\nCompany funded 401(k), 25% of base pay deposited every pay period, vested day one of employment\nAll health care benefits and premiums paid by the company, including company HSA contribution\nQuarterly equity share bonuses\n250 hours of PTO 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