Senior Systems Engineer (TC2231)

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is breaking through the big, slow, status quo with transformative technology that fundamentally changes and improves the world. We develop cutting-edge software for all levels of the government and military. Using agile development practices and user-centered design, we create innovative software solutions for complex real-world problems.

We are looking for a committed individual to join our System Engineering team with the drive to solve unique and challenging problems for our Defense customers. We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of software development and Army Command and Control. Our team is seeking those who are excited to advance technology and applied sciences, which is used in disparate environments, and capable of pushing forward through challenges to accomplish one of RII’s most successful core values, Get s#it done.

This position requires the ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance.  A current Secret security clearance is required.

• Provide innovative ideas and solutions to develop a software system to meet customer and operational user requirements
• Collect mission, user, and system requirements for a complex software system including multiple stakeholders to generate a unified product strategy through user-centered design principles and systems engineering best practices
• Decompose external data ingest and map into operational capabilities
• Data modeling of operational concepts 
• Conduct user engagement sessions with key stakeholders to design, deconflict, prioritize and validate product requirements at varying levels of fidelity
• Generate user stories with clear acceptance criteria that trace to the product strategy / roadmap
• Develop system specifications and related documentation to communicate the system design
• Coordinate with UI/UX team and product owner(s) to develop and validate low- to high-fidelity wireframes in support of product implementation
• Support the continuous improvement of systems engineering, user experience, and agile development processes
• Communicate and implement systems engineering processes across project team
• Work with software design and development team during design and development process to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are understood and satisfied
• Communicate system requirements and design to customers through briefings and presentations

• 6+ years of experience in Systems Engineering. 
• Performed requirements analysis for complex systems with multiple stakeholders
• Decomposed operational requirements into high level system requirements
• Decomposed high level system requirements into low-level requirements needed for implementation
• Collaborated with business, technical, and mission stakeholders to develop the optimal solutions to ill-defined problems
• Worked directly with end-users to elicit specified and derived user needs using exceptional communication skills
• Documented and communicated complex operational/systems concepts and challenges using visual depictions and models that are easily consumable/understandable by engineering/development teams
• Experience working on DoD/IC related projects and programs
• Experience with integrating user-centered design principles into rapid software development
• Performed systems engineering activities on software-intensive systems
• Possess exceptional oral and written communications skills and ability to work independently, with minimal direction; self-motivated and results-focused

• Knowledgeable about US Army’s EW systems
• Developed and maintained project and corporate systems engineering processes
• Led a team of systems engineers on a complex, software-intensive military system
• Experience in systems engineering of military mission command systems
• Experience with documenting system interoperability in a complex military system of systems environment
• Experience with the Atlassian suite of tools including Confluence and Jira
• Experience using MagicDraw and Cameo
• Experience with UML or similar modeling 
• Experience working in an agile software development life cycle

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At RII, we believe that diversity in our workforce is critical to our success. We strive to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger. We work to help your intellectual passions and creativity thrive. It’s one of our core values: Let your geek flag fly.

We also offer all employees comprehensive benefits including: flexible work schedules, health insurance coverage, paid time off, 401k with a company match, paid parental leave, access to wellness programs and much more. You get this all from day one, and all paid for by RII.

It’s all part of another of our core values: Stay human. It’s why our comfortable and colorful offices such as our headquarters, include a community game room, pantry, massage chair, and an escape room, among other amenities. It’s why we have community ambassadors and regular community events.

Research Innovations, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, disability status, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law.