Required Skills & Experience
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
7+ years in systems engineering with direct ownership of requirements or verification traceability
Experience with requirements management tooling (DOORS, Jama, Polarion, or equivalent)
Experience building or maintaining a verification matrix on a hardware program
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with AUV, UUV, submarine, spacecraft, or aircraft programs
Experience with MBSE and SysML, particularly requirements traceability inside a model
Experience supporting formal verification reviews or customer milestone deliveries
Scripting for traceability reporting and data extraction (Python, SQL)
Experience on a program where the requirements baseline was still being written
Experience automating requirements validation and closure
Job Description
ABOUT THE JOB
You will own the requirements verification traceability matrix for a maritime autonomous vehicle: the thread that runs from a program requirement, through subsystem allocation, to the specific test or analysis that proves it was met. You keep that thread intact while the design underneath it keeps changing.
By the time this role starts, the requirements baseline and the test campaign will both be in motion. The gap this fills is between them. When a requirement changes, someone has to know which verification items just became invalid; when a test closes, someone has to confirm it actually closed what it claimed. That is this seat.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Own the requirements verification traceability matrix end to end
Maintain allocation from program requirements through subsystem specifications
Define verification method for each requirement: test, analysis, inspection, or demonstration
Track verification status and report closure against program milestones
Run change impact analysis when requirements or interfaces move
Write and review requirements for testability, not just correctness
Work with the MBSE engineer so traceability lives in the model rather than beside it
Work with the T&E Lead so test evidence maps cleanly to verification items
Prepare verification artifacts for design reviews and customer milestones
Interact with program leadership to track progress of developmental milestones
Work with design and manufacturing engineers to define objective and measurable requirements
Travel up to 15% to test sites and operational locations