Aerospace Systems Engineer ( Elton, Maryland ) 1865

Pay rate : $65 - 75/hr W2

Onsite Only
US Citizenship required

This position is for a full-time Systems Engineer within the Propulsion Systems and Controls Business Unit. The selected candidate will support the development of a propulsion system through Critical Design Review (CDR). The role will span two programs and include supporting the lead systems engineer, with the ability to assume that role as needed. The candidate will apply systems thinking to help the program team plan, coordinate, and execute technical deliverables. Experience with legacy system design and requirements is preferred.

Contract is formally through the end of 2026, but is expected to proceed into 2027 pending milestone success.

Provide technical leadership and coordination between engineering disciplines, program management, and external stakeholders to ensure an integrated solution.

Produce and maintain key systems engineering artifacts (Requirements specifications, ICDs, V&V matrices, risk registers, verification technical reports).

Define and maintain a requirements decomposition strategy across subsystems and disciplines

Perform requirements change impact analysis based on CCN’s and design configurations.

Lead requirements reviews (PDR, CDR-level artifacts) to ensure completeness, consistency, feasibility, and testability.

Lead Risk and Opportunity meetings on behalf of technical and programmatic team.

Develop verification plans, mapping each requirement to verification methods (test, analysis, inspection, demonstration) and responsible owners

Support creation of work breakdown structure (WBS) and technical schedules based on SE activities.

Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong social skills, and ability to build consensus among peers while building solid relationships with team members.

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related STEM discipline
Experience performing systems engineering activities on technical programs (requirements, design, integration, or test)
Experience with requirements development and management, including writing clear, testable requirements and maintaining a requirements baseline
Experience establishing and maintaining requirements traceability (e.g., between stakeholder needs, system requirements, lower-level requirements, design, and test)
Experience supporting or leading technical reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR) or equivalent design/requirements reviews
Experience running formal Risk Review Boards.
Experience developing or contributing to verification and validation (V&V) plans, including mapping requirements to verification methods (test, analysis, inspection, demonstration)
Experience performing requirements change impact analysis
Demonstrated ability to work across multi-disciplinary engineering teams to resolve requirements and design issues
Experience with at least one requirements management tool (e.g., DOORS, Jama, JIRA, or similar)

Customer Interaction
DOORS
Program Risk Management
Requirements Analysis
Requirements Impact Analysis
Systems Thinking
Verification Planning

Aerospace Manufacturing
CDRL Planning
Exp in Rocket Propulsion
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis FMEA
Manufacturing Processes
MBSE
Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA)