Job Description
Job DescriptionSalary: $100,000-$150,000 (Annually)
The Opportunity:
As a Lead Systems Engineer, you will take ownership of the innovation, pursuit, and execution of US Government and DoD technology development in the areas of APNT (Assured Precision Navigation and Time), GNSS Simulation, and Inertial Navigation Systems to bolster Safran Federal Systems, and Safrans, long term product and sales goals.
Job Responsibilities:
- Define and manage system requirements and specifications throughout the engineering design process.
- Leverage a strong technical background enabling interaction with customers systems engineers, hardware/electrical/software engineers, and other technical staff members.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance, support and decision-making authority to project teams throughout the development and deployment phases.
- Lead system design reviews, technical assessments, and risk analysis activities.
- Analyze data and use data to verify system requirements and to validate system performance.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards, best practices, and regulatory requirements.
- Provide hands-on, data-driven, troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- Create and maintain streamlined technical documentation for our customized solutions for future utilization (i.e. manuals and interconnect drawings).
- Generate cost baselines and work breakdown structures to support internal cost and price reviews.
- Mentor and strengthen the Systems Engineering discipline through continuous improvement and knowledge transfer activities
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory standards Assist with the development of new Government and DoD business, directly with the Government and indirectly through large system integrators through a thorough understanding of the factors that are critical to success of the customers mission.
- Participate in industry working groups related to inertial and GNSS navigation, and simulation.
- Collaborate on proposals, RFI responses, whitepapers, etc.
- Present technical material at professional conferences as required.
What You Bring to Safran Federal Systems:
- A minimum of 6 years of experience in a related role.
- Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering, software engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related engineering degree from an accredited institution.
- Demonstrated experience with systems engineering concepts and processes
- The ability to mentor others within the systems engineering discipline
- Experience with military and civil qualification standards, including hardware and software qualification.
- Demonstrated ability to process, analyze, and present test results and adherence to technical requirements.
- Speaking/ Presentation/ Dialogue Skills white board, small and large group presentations; high degree of comfort speaking senior military and staff personnel; ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals; intuitive ability to pivot from presentation to dialogue as appropriate
- Demonstrable Strong customer focus, ownership, urgency and drive
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
- Self-motivated, and ability to self-prioritize effectively to achieve goals, comfortable with ambiguity
- High level of skill communicating effectively across internal and external organizations, both verbally and in writing
- Ability to travel as needed (up to 10%)
- Secret level security clearance is preferred
- Proficient in Positioning, Navigation and Timing, GNSS simulation technologies or adjacent technical industries is preferred
About Safran Federal Systems
Safran Federal Systems has been awarded as aWinner of the USA Today and Rochester Metro Area Top Workplaces 2025 Award.
In 2022, Safran acquired Orolia, now Safran Trusted 4D, the world leader in Resilient PNT. At the intersection of critical infrastructure and national defense, Safran Trusted 4D solutions govern and protect the integrity of systems that shape the world. In early 2019, Orolia Defense & Security spun off as a separate entity from its parent company Orolia, with the mission of providing resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions and custom engineering services to U.S. Government agencies, U.S. Defense organizations, and their contractors.
In August of 2019, Orolia Defense & Security acquired Talen-X, a U.S. company specializing in advanced GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Simulation solutions and Interference, Detection, and Mitigation (IDM) technologies. Talen-X's portfolio was an ideal fit and has helped to enhance Safran FS's overall offerings. The acquisition enabled Talen-X's existing resources, operations, and capabilities to be scaled and accelerated to better support the warfighter. Read the press releasehere.
Safran Federal Systems operates as a proxy-regulated company, Free of Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI). As such, Safran FS Defense & Security is approved to work on the full spectrum of U.S. Government classified and unclassified projects and is positioned to support strategic partnerships in the development of key PNT technologies for the defense market.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Please note this description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.